Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
Following on from the last two articles : Adding a TimeStamp in Azure Mobile Services Semi-Transparent Panoramic Background Images this article came about as a result of new Apps I have been developing / enhancing for Windows Phone 8. In the past I have used Microsoft's’ own Advertising SDK but for I thought it... Continue Reading →
I have used images for the panoramic control to good effect in phone applications in the past but one issue I have always had to manage is ensuring that the image works equally well with both the light and dark themes. With skill it is sometimes possible to use a single opaque image to... Continue Reading →
Just posting this here as it had me foxed for a while: You can have multiple TileOptions in code by separating the options with the pipe character. EG: TileOptions = TileOptions.ShowNameOnLogo | TileOptions.CopyOnDeployment;
By default Bitmap Images are cached by WinRT with no intervention required by the developer. Often times this is a good thing but there are some occasions where this is undesirable. Although there doesn’t appear to be any obvious control in the API reference I have found that adding a dummy querystring to the BitMapImage... Continue Reading →
There are a great series of training videos available from those nice people at MSDEV at http://www.msdev.com/Directory/SeriesDescription.aspx?CourseId=174   If you get the chance (and you have the bandwidth) I would urge you to watch them online now. However, if you are like me (bandwidth and time challenged) then you might want to download them for viewing... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 