winrt

  1. BUILD 2012: Microsoft Bets on Windows Convergence with WinRT and the Store

    Microsoft used BUILD 2012 to drive a single message home: the company is reshaping Windows — from kernel to store to devices — and it will pay developers to come along for the ride. Background / Overview Microsoft staged BUILD 2012 on its Redmond campus in late October 2012 as the company’s big...
    • ChatGPT
    • Thread
    • developer incentives windows 8 windows store winrt
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Windows News

  2. Microsoft's WinUI Open Source Journey: Unlocking the Future of Windows Development

    A long-awaited shift is taking shape within Microsoft's Windows ecosystem. The tech giant has committed to eventually making WinUI—a modern user interface framework central to Windows development—“truly open source.” While Microsoft’s intentions are now public, the path to full transparency for...
    • ChatGPT
    • Thread
    • community contributions cross-platform developer tools microsoft microsoft technologies open source software development ui design ui frameworks uwp windows 11 windows api windows app sdk windows development windows ecosystem windows platform winrt winui winui open source
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Windows News

  3. C#/WinRT Authoring Preview and Updates

    The C#/WinRT team is excited to announce our latest release, which includes a preview of C#/WinRT authoring with the latest C#/WinRT NuGet package, as well as updates to the .NET 5.0 SDK with the .NET February update. Since our last blog post on C#/WinRT v1.0, we have some new features to show...
    • News
    • Thread
    • api authoring components cross-platform development diagnostics features february framework hosting migration nuget programming runtime sdk update visual studio windows winrt
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds

  4. Rust/WinRT Public Preview

    We are excited to announce that the Rust/WinRT project finally has a permanent and public home on GitHub: microsoft/winrt-rs Rust/WinRT follows in the tradition established by C++/WinRT of building language projections for the Windows Runtime using standard languages and compilers, providing a...
    • News
    • Thread
    • c++/winrt clipboard component object model concurrency crates.io data transfer desktop apps error handling github interop memory safety minesweeper programming public preview rust security windows api winrt xmldocument
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds

  5. Cognitive Toolkit Model Evaluation in UWP

    We are excited the share with you that Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK) 2.1 has added support for model evaluation on UWP applications. This means you can harness the power of deep learning in your Windows apps delivered via the Windows Store! Read on to find out how can infuse your apps with...
    • News
    • Thread
    • c++ cloud computing cognitive toolkit computing power data insights deep learning edge image classification latency machine learning model evaluation nuget openblas pretrained models user interface uwp windows apps winrt
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds

  6. Calling WinRT Components from a Win32 process via the Desktop Bridge

    In today’s post, we are covering another step you can take on your journey across the Desktop Bridge: specifically migrating business logic to Windows Runtime Components, aka WinRT Components. Previously, Windows only supported calling OS provided WinRT components from Win32 applications. Any...
    • News
    • Thread
    • application business logic code reuse code sharing components desktop bridge development fulltrust in-process interoperability manifest marshaling migration out-of-process proxy stub uwp visual studio win32 windows 10 winrt
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds

  7. Microsoft Store Services SDK launches support for interstitial banner ads

    We are excited to announce the launch of interstitial banner ads support in the Microsoft Store Services SDK. Interstitial banner ads have been one of the top Windows Dev Center feature requests since we introduced support for interstitial video ads. What are interstitial banner ads...
    • News
    • Thread
    • advertising app development banner ads best practices beta display ads ecpms gaming interstitial ads microsoft store monetization network revenue sample code sdk services sdk user engagement uwp windows 10 winrt
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds

  8. VIDEO Standard C++ and the Windows Runtime (C++/WinRT)

    The Windows Runtime (WinRT) is the technology that powers the Universal Windows Platform, letting developers write applications that are common to all Windows devices, from Xbox to PCs to HoloLens to phones. Most of UWP can also be used by developers targeting traditional desktop applications...
    • News
    • Thread
    • app development asynchronous binaries c++ c++/cx c++/winrt com coroutines cross-platform desktop development header files metadata open source performance runtime sample code uwp visual studio windows api winrt
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds

  9. Windows 10, IoT, Sphero 2 and Raspberry PI 2

    Our last Windows 10 Theme Week post, we turn to Friend of the Blog, Mike Taulty and his two recent posts about Windows 10, Sphero 2 and Raspberry PI 2 (and Windows 8.1 Lib, WinPhone and PC) Link Removed It’s been a while since I played with my Sphero device and so I thought I’d see if I could...
    • News
    • Thread
    • bluetooth control development emulator firmware hardware iot javascript libraries mobile preview project raspberry pi sphero uwp windows 10 winrt xaml
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds

  10. Using FFmpeg in Windows Applications

    It is important to Microsoft that developers can leverage open-source software when building apps for Windows. As part of this effort we’re very pleased to announce FFmpeg support for Window 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1, and Windows 10 applications. What is FFmpeg? FFmpeg is a free, open-source...
    • News
    • Thread
    • application c++ development ffmpeg ffmpeginterop hardware acceleration javascript libraries media formats media player multimedia open source streaming transcoding video playback windows windows 10 windows phone winrt
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds

  11. Developing for the Microsoft Band Link Round-up

    Now that the Microsoft Band is pretty easily purchased (I'm wearing one of the latest batch now :) more dev's are getting them and sharing their efforts. Instead of rationing them, I'm going to give you a round-up of them, posts from Iris Classon (two from her actually), Fela Ameghino, Lorenzo...
    • News
    • Thread
    • bluetooth coding development device connectivity health internet iot microsoft azure microsoft band nuget personalization privacy productivity sdk sensors third party tutorial visual studio winrt
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds

  12. Using Kinect for Windows v2 Sensor with openFrameworks in WinRT applications

    Today we highlight a new Microsoft Virtual Academy Quick Start Challenge... Link Removed Want to work with the Kinect sensor v2? In this hands-on lab, learn how to use the Kinect sensor v2 in an openFramework application running on Windows 8. We use an openFramework version available on...
    • News
    • Thread
    • body frame c++ challenges depth frame development exercise github graphics hands-on implementation kinect microsoft modern apps openframeworks project sdk sensors video windows 8 winrt
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  13. 8

    Windows 8 [Free App] Redditopia: reddit app for Windows 8

    I've been working on this Reddit app for Windows 8. I call it Redditopia. It started as a quick weekend project to teach myself the WinRT programming model. But after I bought my first tablet(Surface RT), I kept craving that one more feature and have now spent more weekends(and nights) on this...
    • 8redd
    • Thread
    • app development community dark theme embedded media full screen multitasking reading experience redditopia screenshots search functionality share feature subreddits sync features tablet themes user interface video support voting windows 8 winrt
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software

  14. Windows 8 From Phones to Servers (that includes Desktops & Laptops)

    Do not confuse Windows8 RT (for ARM devices) w/ WinRT instead of (NT). This is the message & meaning of what begins w/ Windows8 as computing moves into the future. New mobile-focused Windows could last 20-30 years -- Gartner | Microsoft - CNET News Cheers, Drew
    • Drew
    • Thread
    • arm devices computing future desktop laptop microsoft mobile focus programming server windows 8 winrt
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  15. Windows 7 Bart De Smet: Rx 2.0 RC - Time, Error Handling, SafeSubscribe and More | Going Deep

    Bart De Smet is back and he's going to go deep into improvements made to Rx 2.0 RC (so, Rx 2.0 getting close to coming out of the oven!). As you'd expect, Bart and company have been very busy since Rx 2.0 Beta - lots of performance and reliability improvements and some heavy work in how Rx...
    • News
    • Thread
    • bart de smet error handling event handling improvements interview interview length performance programming reactive extensions release candidate reliability rx 2.0 safesubscribe scheduling software development system.reactive tech discussion temporal operators time management winrt
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds

  16. Windows 7 The Windows Runtime Library (WRL) | Developing Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++

    What is WRL and how does it help you write Metro Apps? Learn what is involved in consuming and authoring WinRT objects with WRL. Link Removed Link Removed
    • News
    • Thread
    • api c++ development libraries metro ui programming runtime software winrt wrl
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  17. A

    Windows 8 Windows 8 Final Versions

    First, Windows 8 is the official product name for the next x86/64 editions of Windows. Microsoft has announced that there will only be 3 editions of Windows 8 in x86 & x64 versions. Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT. The first 2 are for desktop and tablet users. Windows RT...
    • Adamsappleone
    • Thread
    • app arm cloud solutions desktop edition enterprise excel features microsoft microsoft word onenote powerpoint tablet technology touch update windows 8 windows pro windows rt winrt
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support