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In XAML, RadioButton is like CheckBox (they both inherit from ToggleButton ) with 2 differences: 1) they look different, and 2) when group...

Sometimes it’s super-valuable to take an image and convert it to text – let’s call this encoding. This text is base64 and it’s a well-establ...

I’m back with my buddy Daren May to develop a Universal App on the Windows platform using X# and XAML . Yep. It’s how to deal with the prob...

Microsoft Patterns and Practices has created Prism MVVM for Windows Store Apps. This lightweight framework/toolkit gives you what you would ...

Many Windows Store apps are content presenters; they require very little data entry and, consequently, very little data validation. But data...

In WinRT, you cannot bind to a nullable type. It’s just the way it is. This is strange when you consider the ComboBox and ToggleButton; they...

When you take photos with your phone or home camera, how are they organized? How are they shared? What if there were a service out there tha...

XAML data binding is pretty powerful. One of the benefits of XAML data binding is that it lets different elements on one UI use the same dat...

Next week is Christmas. I know most of you are scrambling to find the perfect gift for that special someone. Here’s an idea: a custom app bu...

Ah, elegance. Handling orientation basically means adjusting your app to account for real estate changes when the user pivots their device f...

With Windows 8.0, Flyout options for developers were constrained to 1) custom development to get what you wanted or 2) using my Settings an...

Introducing the Windows 8 Holiday App Challenge! Build an App Build your Windows 8 App and publish it to the Windows Store. Submit...

There’s no question that XAML’s résumé has a few items in bold. It’s ability to data bind sets it apart from any other technology. It ubiqui...

When Visual Studio 2012 was released, it supported a new way of building apps – Windows Store apps using the Windows Runtime. These apps cou...

There are some really great features in XAML that some developers either 1) do not know they are there or 2) never leverage. Well, in this a...

When the computer mouse was new, it was simple to use but unfamiliar to users. As a result, user manuals could not say “click the red X”. In...

There is no shame in copying excellence. In fact, I would say that a core tenet of excellence is its ability to inspire excellence in others...

Recently, I updated my Timer App to version 2. And, one feature I added was a whiteboard. Letting your user draw a picture is cool. It’s a...

Windows 8 is the reimagining of Windows. Sure. But, let’s not forget, Windows 8 didn’t invent the new design language, Windows Phone did. To...

In this previous article I discussed methods using XAML Manipulation Events with gestures to transform your UI, making it interactive. I ta...