Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements http://media.ch9.ms/ch9/daf9/97dde92f-9231-4d8f-900b-cebc029fdaf9/Part6ModifyingtheGridAppTemplatewithBrandingEleme_220.jpg Channel 9 - Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements In this lesson we follow the Hands On Labs to modify the branding elements of the app by adding images and configuring our app to use them.  We learn about the Package.appxmanifest and how it introduces our app to Windows 8 and finally discuss the purpose of the App.xaml.   Download the entire series' source code  en Tue, 21 May 2013 06:40:11 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 06:40:11 GMT Rev9 Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements Thank you very much Bob Taylor. Your tutorial is far better than the ones in paid subscriptions like Plural Sight and Learn Dev Now. 

posted by Merin

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634902513542836665 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:55:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634902513542836665 Merin Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements @Merin: Thank you, I've never watched anyone else's videos (don't want to be accused of plagiarism or copying someone else's ideas) so I've stayed away.  However, that's great feedback and greatly appreciated.

posted by BobTabor

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634902536355300946 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:33:55 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634902536355300946 BobTabor Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements +1 to Merin's comments.

posted by Ahmad Pirani

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634925169979112262 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:16:37 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634925169979112262 Ahmad Pirani Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements Hello BOB i like your videos and i learn more here than MVA and i stopped at video 17 i think now i am balancing about grid template i am creating app about super Sport Vehicles i use SampleDataSource as Inspiration so i am having problems with Binding With Group Names and when i try to get details from item i would like  if you would right from beginning DAtaSource at least like SampleDataSource as New Year Gift 

posted by wdownload

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634926745984993576 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:03:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634926745984993576 wdownload Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements @wdownload: Binding with related data is tricky and I had to create a few side projects to help me really understand what I was doing.  There are several moving parts.  If you send me an email to my personal account, I'll see if I can dig up an example to help make this clearer (I don't know if it will help, but it couldn't hurt.)  When I find something that doesn't make sense, I try creating several tiny projects to isolate that part I don't understand and keep practicing with it in different scenarios until I can explain it to other people.  Generally, I throw that code away.  The code is less useful than the discovery process.  I encourage everyone to do the same.  Perhaps creating a stripped down, simple project would help.

posted by BobTabor

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634927612142875834 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:06:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634927612142875834 BobTabor Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements Thanks of answering could you provide me  your personal  E-mail

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634928029786524526 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:42:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634928029786524526 wdownload Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements @wdownload: bob at learn visual studio dot net

posted by BobTabor

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634928275994012804 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:33:19 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634928275994012804 BobTabor Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements Bob, a bit of an issue here , probably related to the latest VS12 service pack - not sure how to resolve.

Screen for tiles is of course different and when I plug the WIDELOGO into it (perhaps not where it really needs to go?), it throws an error: THE IMAGE ASSET OR RELATED FIELD HAS ONE OR MORE ERRORS...

 

Photobucket

posted by flazer

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634930328606095055 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:34:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634930328606095055 flazer Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements A little more about the error when I hover over the bottoom right red X (so much for editing the html to make my X red!) - it says:

A mixture of images with and without "scale" or "targetsize" qualifiers exists in this project for the logical name "Assets\WideLogo.png"  When a mixture exists, files without the qualifier are ignored.  For predictable runtime behavior, explicitly specify...

Three dots at the end... the message is clipped off the screen...

 

posted by flazer

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634930339207161389 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:52:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634930339207161389 flazer Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements @flazer: I may need to get someone from Microsoft included in this thread to help answer.  For their benefit, could you explicitly identify the step in the HOL and the time marker (ex. @ 5:34) in the video where you're trying to follow along but can't.

posted by BobTabor

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634930352854147542 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 02:14:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634930352854147542 BobTabor Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements Sure, @ or around 2:45 we click to add the WIDELOGO.PNG to the Package.appxmanifest file but my version of said manifest file is a tad more complex.

I'm running:

Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 Version 11.0.51106.01 Update 1 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.5.50709

 

posted by flazer

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634930977771720877 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:36:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634930977771720877 flazer Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements @flazer: Acknowledging receipt, and I also sent out a beacon to the appropriate people at Microsoft.  It could take a few days ... please hang in there.  Sorry for the confusion!

posted by BobTabor

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634930991669340358 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:59:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634930991669340358 BobTabor Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements No worries - I'm able to progress Smiley

posted by flazer

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634931004659787200 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:21:05 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634931004659787200 flazer Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements I was getting the same issue as flazer.  There were two files in the assets WideLogo.scale-100.png, and WideLogo.png. Renaming either  removed the errors.  Apparently adding the scale information to the filename does something depending on the screen pixels.

Guidelines for scaling to pixel density (Windows Store apps) (Windows)

posted by rhodes2r

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634931206124473300 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:56:52 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634931206124473300 rhodes2r Re: Part 6: Modifying the Grid App Template with Branding Elements @rhodes2r: Ah, I see what you're talking about.  So, it seems like an update to Visual Studio now enforces those naming conventions.  So the behavior (just from what you both describe) seems to be that if you start using the file naming convention that includes the pixel scale you must continue using it for all your tile image files.  Does that seem like an accurate description of what seems to be going on here?

posted by BobTabor

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634931669121817967 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:48:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Store-apps-for-Absolute-Beginners-with-C-/Part-6-Modifying-the-Grid-App-Template-with-Branding-Elements#c634931669121817967 BobTabor