Category: Software Development
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WinRT WebView with Custom User-Agent
Saw a conversation on Twitter about this and thought I’d post a quick snippet. If you want to open a website in a WebView control with a fake User Agent, here’s the code to do so:
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Introduction to Responsive Design with Bootstrap and ASP.NET MVC5
The following is a presentation that I gave December 3rd for the Schaumburg Microsoft .NET Technologies meetup:
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Projecting your Windows Phone screen to a PC
Cliff Simpkins, Product Manager for Windows and Windows Phone Developer Experience at Microsoft, wrote a blog post today on how to use their Project My Screen App to project your Windows Phone screen to a PC. This is great if you’re giving presentations or demonstrations as well as for capturing screenshots and video of your…
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Windows Phone Dev Tip: UI Update From Thread Helper Function
Earlier today I saw a nice post by Wei-Meng Lee with a tip on how to update the UI from an asynchronous thread in Windows Phone (thanks to Ginny Caughey). After reading it, I decided to whip up a little helper function that I thought others might find useful: Without further ado, here is the…
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In App Purchases When Previous Version Was Paid With Trial
I’m trying to finish up the Windows Phone 8 version of Network Dashboard and I’ve run into a bit of a conundrum: The Windows Phone 7 version of Network Dashboard was a $0.99 app with a free trial, but I’d like to make the Windows Phone 8 version free with in app purchases to open…
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ASP.NET: RadioButtonList in Repeater in UpdatePanel – Stopping Full Postback
I came across an issue today where a RadioButtonList (with AutoPostback==true) inside a Repeater inside an UpdatePanel was causing a full page postback instead of a partial postback. Apparently this is due to a change in how ClientIDs are generated in .Net 4+. The workaround is to set ClientIDMode=”AutoID” on the RadioButtonLists.
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Windows 8.1: Portrait App Design – Not Quite There Yet
I’ve been using Windows 8.1 on the Acer Iconia W3 for a couple of days now, and overall the experience has been decent. The W3 isn’t the best tablet I’ve ever used, but it’s not horrid. One thing I’ve been a bit disappointed with, though, is the design and behavior of some apps when used…
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Using the Windows Phone Local Database
I gave a talk to the Chicago Windows Phone Developer User Group on April 16, 2012 on how to use the Windows Phone Local Database. As promised, I’m linking the presentation as well as a link to MSDN resources: Presentation MSDN Local Database Overview and Examples
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“What happened to Network Dashboard?”
That’s a question I’ve heard quite a few times over the last couple of days. I figured I’d write up a quick post to let everyone know what happened and what’s going on. First, Network Dashboard has been hidden from the Marketplace for the time being. I submitted a version 1.2 update to the Marketplace…
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Network Dashboard – Seeking Feedback on Switch to Paid App
I’m just putting the finishing touches on a new version of Network Dashboard that fixes a couple of bugs and adds a couple of neat new features. I’m seriously considering a change, though, from a free app to a 99 cent app with a trial. Just to be clear, the trial will NOT be a…
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