Local Data Storage for Windows Phone

Here will be a very brief recap, please go to the MSDN links that I listed in the Related topic section to get a completed understanding.

There are three ways an application can store data:

• Settings: Store data as key/value pairs by using the IsolatedStorageSettings class.
• Files and folders: Store files and folders by using the IsolatedStorageFile class.
• Relational data: Store relational data in a local database by using LINQ to SQL.

For a Windows Phone application, all I/O operations are restricted to isolated storage and do not have direct access to the underlying operating system file system or to the isolated storage of other applications.

Application Bar in Windows Phone

Here would be a brief recap from which what I learned here, and will cover these topics only:

How to: Create an Application Bar in Code for Windows Phone
How to: Change Icon Buttons and Menu Items Dynamically for Windows Phone
How to: Reuse an Application Bar on Multiple Pages in Your Windows Phone Application
How to: Use Different Application Bars in a Single Pivot Control in Your Windows Phone Application

For basic knowledge about Application Bar in Windows Phone here:

Application Bar Overview for Windows Phone
How to: Create an Application Bar in XAML for Windows Phone

Application Bar Icon Buttons for Windows Phone

This article based on Application Bar Icon Buttons for Windows Phone in MSDN is for my own reference purpose only. Go to MSDN if you want to have a deep understanding on it.

Where are the sample icons?

First, Microsoft has provided a set of sample icons for you after you install the Windows Phone SDK (To download the Windows Phone SDK, see Installing the Windows Phone SDK.) And you can find the sample icons at one of the following locations:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.1\Icons\dark
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.1\Icons\dark

To add icon button images to your Windows Phone application

GridSplitter in WPF

This article is based on the following MSDN documents:

• Walkthrough: Creating a Resizable Application by Using the WPF Designer
• How to: Create User-Resizable Applications with GridSplitter
• How to: Resize Rows with a GridSplitter
• How to: Resize Columns with a GridSplitter
• How to: Make Sure That a GridSplitter Is Visible

Enable Windows 7 taskbar functionality in WPF

The TaskbarItemInfo class provides a managed wrapper for Windows 7 taskbar functionality. If you want to know more information about the Windows shell and native taskbar APIs, see Taskbar Extensions. TaskbarItemInfo is exposed as the Window.TaskbarItemInfo dependency property on a Window. I am going to use it as my topic today.

ProgressBar in WPF

A progress is used to indicates the progress of an operation. I've searched a lot on the Internet. I couldn't find a sample on how to use it by setting its progress value. And should be the simplest and most natural way to do it.

Commanding in WPF

This topic is tended to be an abbreviated version to this Commanding Overview document on MSDN website. If you want to have a fully understanding about it, please click that link and read it thoroughly.

Commanding is an input mechanism in WPF. There are two kinds of input mechanism in WPF which .NET Framework 4.0 supports: mouse click (MouseGesture) and keyboard input (KeyGesture).

Advanced Format (512E) and 4K Native in Windows

I bought a new hare drive on New Year days of 2012. I don't know the hard drive I bought is made in 4K native format and I don't know Microsoft Windows OSs don't fully support the new format hard drive until I got a virtual hard drive disk-related error…..

A Code Snap About File I/O in C#

This is tend to be a reminder of mind. It was gathered from many of my practice. Therefore some of them may look like odd or not corresponding. Such as MessageBox and Console objects are not suppose to appear in the same program, but they does not affect the whole things. I don't want to revise that parts since it is not important on this topic.

Why C#'s Math.Round is not Working Correctly?

Is it a bug? Yes, in my opinion, it is. In MSDN library, Math.Round method in C# uses Round-Half-Even AKA Banker's Rounding as its default rounding method. However, a lot of people claim that it is not working as accurate as it should be. I am going to tell you how it happened and how to prevent it happens.

System.Math Class in C#

Namespace: System

Assembly: mscorlib (mscorlib.dll)

Here is a recap from Math Class in MSDN and is depend on .NET Framework version 4.5. You can switch to the other versions once you navigate to the MSND website.

Methods:

Create Your Metro Style App Package and Share It with your Friends

In this topic, I would like to talk about how to easily create a Metro Style App Package and deploy it to the other developer-enabled Windows 8 PC .

C# Methods and Operators Overriding Samples

Here are some samples I wrote for self reminders.

Using Windows Phone 7 Emulator

Windows Phone Emulator is a desktop application that emulates a Windows Phone 7 or a Windows Phone 7.1 device. Here is a list of topics that I found on the Internet and thought it is useful for me. Hope you enjoy it.

Parallel Programming in the .NET Framework

.Net Framework 4.0 brought a new feature to simplify parallel development that runs your application on computers and workstations that have two or more cores. Still, unlike mainframe systems this is not going to enable you to run your application on a specific core (CPU). However, it does provide a lot more easier way to develop your multi-thread application. Let's see what it can do now.

Develop Trial Versions for Your Windows Phone 7 App

Here is a very useful sample about it: 31 Days of Windows Phone | Day #23: Providing Trial Versions of Your App.

Related Topics:

• Creating Trial Applications for Windows Phone
  • Creating Trial Applications Overview for Windows Phone
  • How to: Implement a Trial Experience in a Silverlight Application for Windows Phone
  • How to: Implement a Trial Experience in an XNA Framework Application for Windows Phone
• Trial Applications Sample (XNA Framework)
• Trial Applications Sample (Silverlight)

Gesture in Windows Phone 7

Here are some  interesting information I found on the Internet.

Publish your Windows Phone 7 Apps

Here are links will very helpful for myself hope it will help you on your work.

"The Application Development Lifecycle" in Application Platform Overview for Windows Phone

Windows Phone 7 Silverlight Controls

First, check these sites for a look about Silverlight controls: Silverlight 3 Toolkit Demo, Silverlight Toolkit. This toolkit is that it’s completely compatible with Windows Phone 7 applications that use Silverlight.

Using the Bing Map Control on Windows Phone 7

 

Related Topics:

• Bing Maps Silverlight Control for Windows Phone
• 31 Days of Windows Phone | Day #20: Map Control
• Understanding Map Views
• Bing Maps REST Services
• Find a location by address
• Bing Maps Silverlight Control Interactive SDK