14th December 2016
What’s new in WinUX update 2.3
As part of WinUX update 2.3, improvements have been made to the WindowHelper to make…
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24th August 2016
Enabling multi-user input drawing on the UWP InkCanvas
Microsoft introduced the InkCanvas into the Universal Windows Platform as a way of apps leveraging…
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8th March 2016
Storing a UWP InkCanvas drawing as an image in a StorageFile
I've been tackling with an issue this morning to store the drawing on an InkCanvas…
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5th March 2016
Gotchas in porting Windows 8.1 apps to the Universal Windows Platform
As the Windows 10 OS has matured over the last year, businesses are looking to…
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7th February 2016
How to: Hide your Windows 8.1 app from the Windows 10 Store
This is a question that has come up on numerous occasions when developers have found…
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2nd February 2016
Helping UWP developers with sample apps
Over the last few years, I've been developing Windows applications for public and private consumption…
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10th January 2016
Playing with scrolling parallax effects on UI elements in Windows 10 UWP apps
I mentioned recently in my 'Daily Life of a Developer' series that I've been working…
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3rd January 2016
Implementing file drag & drop in your Windows 10 UWP application
Drag & drop is a common feature in the Windows OS, mainly when you're moving…
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20th December 2015
A new Windows experience with the Lumia 950 XL and Microsoft Band 2
I've been rather lucky over the past months to get my hands on some of…
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11th November 2015
Developing for Windows 10 – Implementing jump lists
Jump lists have been a part of classic Windows apps for years giving you the…
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About me
James Croft
Software Developer, Black Marble Ltd
James is a Microsoft MVP in Windows Development with over 6 years of experience developing mobile applications for the Windows platform.
