It’s often useful to display the current App version (per your App Manifest) for support purposes. I came across the following snippet that looks to provide the easiest option that requires no manual updates when you release a new version of your app: VersionTextBox.Text = XDocument.Load("WMAppManifest.xml").Root.Element("App").Attribute("Version").Value; I usually use this in my about box... Continue Reading →
Windows 8 – FlipView – Programatically adding Next and Previous
So when using a flipview control there is no need for ‘next’ and ‘previous’ buttons as they are built into the UI already: But … the Windows 8 UI is new and unless you are using a mouse those buttons above will stay hidden. So these programmatic buttons serve as clues that you can... Continue Reading →