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Getting permissions to use serial ports with UWP

Just like with all kinds of user permissions on UWP apps, capabilities must be explicitly set through the manifest file.  This goes true for using any serial ports too. Normally, the manifest in a UWP project has a list of checkboxes with various capabilities that can...

A reference for UWP theme resources

F12 does not really work in Visual Studio when using it on a XAML file.  That includes ResourceDictionaries.  Came across this article from Microsoft that covers the list of brushes, colors, fonts, etc that they make available for use.

Windows Store app development setup

UWP apps have a bunch of extra setup options that typical WPF does not have.  This article either explains or points to resources that could help.  Most, if not all, of the focus will be on the package.appxmanifest file that is generated with defaults upon creating a...

File operations with UWP

Gone are the days of choosing a location on the hard drive and saving/loading.  UWP adopts a more phone or tablet-like approach where the user must give permissions before an app can conduct specific kinds of actions - including looking at specific folders, even in a...

Keeping the GUI responsive

Passing data from worker threads to the UI thread is always a chore no matter which programming language is used.  Code can be a bear to develop, complex to read, and difficult to maintain.  Race conditions, debugging, security access, etc - it's all a not-so-fun part...