by suleski | Apr 15, 2017 | Technical, Troubleshooting
This week, some significant time was spent debugging an issue where a client could not connect to a C#/UWP server. It turns out that the solution had to do with giving the server accurate capabilities. Specifically, in the .appxmanifest file, there are three...
by suleski | Apr 4, 2016 | Technical, Troubleshooting
Multi-threaded applications appear to be more and more the norm with the latest version of Windows development. In fact, it’s become a necessity when displaying additional windows with a UWP app. With this article, I want to capture the resolution to a problem...
by suleski | Mar 4, 2016 | Reference, Troubleshooting
The Image control used in XAML does not really seem like a big deal. Place it in your XAML and bind the Source Property to your Data. Might look something like this: <Image Source={Binding MyPath} /> However, there’s a case I came across that had me...
by suleski | Feb 16, 2016 | Technical, Walkthroughs
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...
by suleski | Feb 11, 2016 | Reference, Technical
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.