winrt-xaml

On the Page, I add UserControl into GridView dynamically. So, each UserControl can contain different kind of controls ( TextBox, CheckBox, Radio Button) say , the name of UserControl is : UserForm. problem : How to get a collection of control using VisualTreeHelper and check if textBox is empty. I found a code similiar to this problem and modified it but not working. I dont know what this means and if this is required? list.AddRange(AllTextBoxes(child)) Should I use MyList.Select() or MyList.Where() ? void FindTextBoxes() { List <TextBox> MyList = AllTextBoxes(UserForm); var count = MyList

I've created extended splash screen following guide offered by Microsoft. The screen shows off, data loads, but then the app doesn't navigate to landing page. How is this possible? ExtendedSplash.xaml.cs public sealed partial class ExtendedSplash { public ExtendedSplash(SplashScreen splash) { this.InitializeComponent(); // Position the extended splash screen image in the same location as the splash screen image. this.extendedSplashImage.SetValue(Canvas.LeftProperty, splash.ImageLocation.X); this.extendedSplashImage.SetValue(Canvas.TopProperty, splash.ImageLocation.Y); this.extendedSplashImage

is it possible to get a watermarks passwordbox in WinRt? It is no problem to get a textbox with a watermark, but I don't know a toolkit where I can get a password box with a watermark. How can I implement one for myself? Take a look on WinRT XAML Toolkit . They also have WatermarkTextBox WatermarkPasswordBox By yourself you can implement your own controls: in .xaml: <Border x:Name="brdPassword" Margin="5,0,5,10" BorderThickness="2" BorderBrush="White" CornerRadius="5" Grid.Row="0" Background="White" Height="50" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"> <Grid> <TextBox x:Name="PasswordWatermark"

I have a Windows Store mess around app. I added a Basic Page and it added the Common classes, such as LayoutAwarePage. But Page.OnNavigatedTo doesn't get called when an app starts. The MSDN doc says: Invoked when the Page is loaded and becomes the current source of a parent Frame Which happens during launch. I discovered this when LoadState wasn't being called. Rick Barraza uses LoadState, which is called by OnNavigatedTo, in his demo: http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Migrating-apps-from-Windows-Phone-to-Windows-8/Binding-the-Interface-in-Windows-Store-apps#time=2m50s I know something is broken

I have the opposite of this problem: How do I dynamically size a GridView Item? I have a GridView with two rows and four columns. The desired behavior is for the GridViewItems to fill the cell, and I can't figure out a way to do this. The GridViewItem is a Grid with some other content, which I have as a DataTemplate. I can provide a Width and Height for an item, but that only works for one resolution, and I need the items to be dynamic and proportional, so if they are displayed on a different device they will continue to be 2 rows of 4 items. On a different page, I have a static Grid with the