Channel 9 - Discussions by PeterF http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by PeterF http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions en Sun, 19 May 2013 05:14:13 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 05:14:13 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - I can't believe how much web programming has changed Anyone remember Visual Interdev? Building up your HTML elements in VB opposed to databinding nowadays is a night and day difference! Smiley

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/I-cant-believe-how-much-web-programming-has-changed/6a222b3aee99450daceaa1b10087b3b1#6a222b3aee99450daceaa1b10087b3b1 Wed, 01 May 2013 08:14:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/I-cant-believe-how-much-web-programming-has-changed/6a222b3aee99450daceaa1b10087b3b1#6a222b3aee99450daceaa1b10087b3b1 PeterF 75 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Great support for WP7 continues... @DeathByVisualStudio: you would be making more of a point if you actually had a Windows Phone and were heavily dependent on Facebook to maintain your busy social life...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Great-support-for-WP7-continues/70c5ed1264ab4ff99a77a1b1007d1b66#70c5ed1264ab4ff99a77a1b1007d1b66 Wed, 01 May 2013 07:35:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Great-support-for-WP7-continues/70c5ed1264ab4ff99a77a1b1007d1b66#70c5ed1264ab4ff99a77a1b1007d1b66 PeterF 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - New XBox teasers Xbox 4k?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-XBox-teasers/2650940b289a48dba014a1ab009f5a1f#2650940b289a48dba014a1ab009f5a1f Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:40:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/New-XBox-teasers/2650940b289a48dba014a1ab009f5a1f#2650940b289a48dba014a1ab009f5a1f PeterF 41 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - So much for Windows Phone development... 99 or 599 for a new laptop... tempting...
Don't be too upset, you can still tinker a lot with the WP7 emulator, and with the Async BCL RTM'ed recently you can even use async. One advice: use a portable class library for your business logic. With Weerplaza.nl I'm able to release WP7, WP8 and W8 versions of the app with 90% code sharing.

BTW, wouldn't BizSpark be an option for you?

Good luck,
Peter

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/I-dont-understand-Bing-Maps/220df076ca004bca9f01a1a2007e5796#220df076ca004bca9f01a1a2007e5796 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:39:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/I-dont-understand-Bing-Maps/220df076ca004bca9f01a1a2007e5796#220df076ca004bca9f01a1a2007e5796 PeterF 10 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Surface in Japan Would this be a workaround?

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10777/how-to-add-any-pop3-email-account-to-hotmail/

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Surface-in-Japan/d7f1a40fd28d44d385a7a18f008c4954#d7f1a40fd28d44d385a7a18f008c4954 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:30:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Surface-in-Japan/d7f1a40fd28d44d385a7a18f008c4954#d7f1a40fd28d44d385a7a18f008c4954 PeterF 16 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - So Bart De Smet is a rock star in Belgium With a serious tooth pain, he had to miss a couple of sessions in the Hague, get well soon Smiley

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/So-Bart-De-Smet-is-a-rock-star-in-Belgium/afa7ca03d8ca4de4a9a3a17e018a3ccb#afa7ca03d8ca4de4a9a3a17e018a3ccb Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:55:22 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/So-Bart-De-Smet-is-a-rock-star-in-Belgium/afa7ca03d8ca4de4a9a3a17e018a3ccb#afa7ca03d8ca4de4a9a3a17e018a3ccb PeterF 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Photosynth not working great with Lumia 920? I hope it's not reliability issues with the 920's gyroscope

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Photosynth-not-working-great-with-Lumia-920/ae641d4287714592a6baa177009fb6a1#ae641d4287714592a6baa177009fb6a1 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:41:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Photosynth-not-working-great-with-Lumia-920/ae641d4287714592a6baa177009fb6a1#ae641d4287714592a6baa177009fb6a1 PeterF 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - WP 7.8 - It's here and how to get it Bummer that Microsoft still hasn't publically acknowledged the issue with WP7.8 where it enters a state where it refuses to updating external live tile images. App developers are currently taking the heat over it, getting 1 star reviews while they cannot do anything else than wait for an indication from Microsoft when the issue will be patched....

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, BitFlipper wrote

*snip*

It is merely MS placing artificial restrictions in hope to force W8 adoption.

As if developers are a huge percentage of all PC users Smiley

Application development can be divided in two groups:

  • Those that develop for a platform because there is a large potential customer crowd
  • Those that develop applications on a platform because it provides the best support for creating it in an efficient, reliable and cost effective way and customers that willing to buy these applications including the OS stack.

In my opinion the second one is a bit more risky, but if you have a great app that's the best in the crowd, people are even willing to change OS in order for it to run.

My 2 cts.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-Phone-8-on-Win-7/c300ba3ffc754dc29f10a14a009b6dae#c300ba3ffc754dc29f10a14a009b6dae Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:25:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-Phone-8-on-Win-7/c300ba3ffc754dc29f10a14a009b6dae#c300ba3ffc754dc29f10a14a009b6dae PeterF 21 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - The RIL on Windows 8 Phones hmm, can you give a link to your apps so I can figure out if I should be bothered with a lack of a port for Windows Phone? Wink

Take care,
Peter

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/The-RIL-on-Windows-8-Phones/59f378e1bb3040e4b20ba1490103c0fb#59f378e1bb3040e4b20ba1490103c0fb Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:45:44 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/The-RIL-on-Windows-8-Phones/59f378e1bb3040e4b20ba1490103c0fb#59f378e1bb3040e4b20ba1490103c0fb PeterF 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Phone 8 on Win 7 There's nothing wrong in using the phone as a dedicated debug device, at least you get real-life performance since the Windows Phone 8 emulator might give you the false idea that your program is running fast enough (that's right, the 8 emulator is running too fast on my machine since it's running in hypervisor mode in stark contrast of the 7 emulator).

Sad that your company isn't willing to make an exception for sake of business development.

 

edit: besides, at this point I wouldn't develop a dedicated Windows Phone app but one using Portable Library, so you can have the app run on WP7, WP8 and W8 with maximum code sharing.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-Phone-8-on-Win-7/1ff7e138e77440c58943a14900fc8056#1ff7e138e77440c58943a14900fc8056 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:19:19 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-Phone-8-on-Win-7/1ff7e138e77440c58943a14900fc8056#1ff7e138e77440c58943a14900fc8056 PeterF 21 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - The RIL on Windows 8 Phones I suppose fetching the IMEI, triangulating the position for evesdropping, etc. Only phone manufacturers have access to the lower level stuff. If you contact Microsoft directly they might even grant you special access and allow you to use this if it's so crucial to your application.

Good luck,
Peter

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/The-RIL-on-Windows-8-Phones/69818b8ad2334694bb1ca14900fb9533#69818b8ad2334694bb1ca14900fb9533 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:15:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/The-RIL-on-Windows-8-Phones/69818b8ad2334694bb1ca14900fb9533#69818b8ad2334694bb1ca14900fb9533 PeterF 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - The RIL on Windows 8 Phones On Windows Phone you have 'Launchers' and 'Choosers' to perform restricted and sensitive tasks, some ask for explicit permission to the user so they cannot be performed without consent.

Direct access to the RIL unfortunately is too tempting for some ppl with malign intentions.

Look at Launchers for Windows Phone and Choosers for Windows Phone

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/The-RIL-on-Windows-8-Phones/61dbd88a669e49479997a14800fbd9d2#61dbd88a669e49479997a14800fbd9d2 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:16:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/The-RIL-on-Windows-8-Phones/61dbd88a669e49479997a14800fbd9d2#61dbd88a669e49479997a14800fbd9d2 PeterF 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Movie quotes. The best of the best "You can't handle the truth!"

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Movie-quotes-The-best-of-the-best/fcc0e8f3c51540fea038a12e00d98308#fcc0e8f3c51540fea038a12e00d98308 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:11:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Movie-quotes-The-best-of-the-best/fcc0e8f3c51540fea038a12e00d98308#fcc0e8f3c51540fea038a12e00d98308 PeterF 38 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Good thing to keep in mind If his reason for posting here was because he was denied a job at Microsoft I applaud their selection process; His reasoning shows a clear lack of respect and empathy for coworkers and an attitude of knowing it all. Take a look in the mirror, you might learn something.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Good-thing-to-keep-in-mind/ab5b3d23c2514f35a646a11c00e92546#ab5b3d23c2514f35a646a11c00e92546 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:08:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Good-thing-to-keep-in-mind/ab5b3d23c2514f35a646a11c00e92546#ab5b3d23c2514f35a646a11c00e92546 PeterF 20 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - XAML - Listview and SelectedValue Did you set the SelectedValue binding mode to TwoWay ?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/XAML-Listview-and-SelectedValue/48180333c2644622adc9a11900913ebf#48180333c2644622adc9a11900913ebf Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:48:49 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/XAML-Listview-and-SelectedValue/48180333c2644622adc9a11900913ebf#48180333c2644622adc9a11900913ebf PeterF 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Windows Phone 8 SDK I hope one of the surprises is going to be full async support in Portable Class Library and being downwards compatible with WP7 development by releasing a new Async library...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-Phone-8-SDK-Skriker V1.0/a988656f266c4f5ba7f8a0e700f94a42#a988656f266c4f5ba7f8a0e700f94a42 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:07:38 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Windows-Phone-8-SDK-Skriker V1.0/a988656f266c4f5ba7f8a0e700f94a42#a988656f266c4f5ba7f8a0e700f94a42 PeterF 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - windowphone8 contingency shutdown? Just press and hold the power button, acts like a soft reset, only without having to find a sharp object like in the good old days Smiley

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/windowphone8-contingency-shutdown/8ef789e877d642ec9676a0e0017b1166#8ef789e877d642ec9676a0e0017b1166 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:00:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/windowphone8-contingency-shutdown/8ef789e877d642ec9676a0e0017b1166#8ef789e877d642ec9676a0e0017b1166 PeterF 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Concern for Lumia920 The proximity sensor takes care of preventing these kind of things.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Concern-for-Lumia920/eed2c5cc0669439a95e7a0db007d2259#eed2c5cc0669439a95e7a0db007d2259 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 07:35:35 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Concern-for-Lumia920/eed2c5cc0669439a95e7a0db007d2259#eed2c5cc0669439a95e7a0db007d2259 PeterF 6 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - IE9 stopped working after installing Bitdefender 2013 Does System Restore provide any useful restore points?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/IE9-stopped-working-after-installing-Bitdefender-2013/d6bb9679a9a1469c8c89a0d800976c10#d6bb9679a9a1469c8c89a0d800976c10 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:11:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/IE9-stopped-working-after-installing-Bitdefender-2013/d6bb9679a9a1469c8c89a0d800976c10#d6bb9679a9a1469c8c89a0d800976c10 PeterF 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Anyone get accepted for WP8 SDK yet? As long as it's not clear how easy it will be to maintain two branches for WP7.5/WP7.8 and WP8/W8, I doubt that new developers will have any interest in WP7...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Anyone-get-accepted-for-WP8-SDK-yet/1b48d5fe123742db81efa0d300eda458#1b48d5fe123742db81efa0d300eda458 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:25:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Anyone-get-accepted-for-WP8-SDK-yet/1b48d5fe123742db81efa0d300eda458#1b48d5fe123742db81efa0d300eda458 PeterF 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/PeterF/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Anyone get accepted for WP8 SDK yet? I was rejected as well. Maybe my own mistake because I applied for the beta program using my own dev account instead of the business account from my client through which I submitted the popular Dutch weather app Weerplaza.nl which ranked number 1 for three weeks in the Dutch marketplace.

Guess I'm not going to be in time to fully create and test an optimized Windows Phone 8 version for the launch, bummer.

Regards,
Peter

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Still not ready yet to show off Weerplaza.nl for Windows 8

 

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