c++-cx

I want to implement a new property (named "MenuForeground") for the pivot element, in order change the color of the PivotItem header through a defined ControlTemplate. Therefore I created a new class for the custom property, added the #include in the needed code-behind xaml.h file and defined a new namespace ("xamlns:cap") according to the namespace of the custom property. PivotProperties.h #pragma once using namespace Windows::UI::Xaml; namespace CustomAttachedProperties { public ref class PivotProperties sealed : Windows::UI::Xaml::DependencyObject { public: static Windows::UI::Color

I'm encountering strange issue when app is deployed from Windows Store (beta version). The app is written as Windows Phone 8.1 RunTime. I've a small windows runtime component written in C++/C# which checks for file existence: bool FileEx::FileExists(String^ path) { std::wstring pathW(path->Begin()); std::string myPath(pathW.begin(), pathW.end()); FILE *file = NULL; if (fopen_s(&file, myPath.c_str(), "r") == 0) { fclose(file); return true; } else return false; } TESTING METHOD: Now let's test it with two files - one created in local folder and one in folder in MusicLibrary. Everything is done

I have a C++ runtime component in a WP8 application, and if I change the namespace name, I get a "TargetInvocation" exception thrown whenever I try to instantiate a class in that namespace. As an example, if I create the default C++ Windows Runtime Component, the header looks like this: #pragma once namespace CppComponent1 { public ref class WindowsPhoneRuntimeComponent sealed { public: WindowsPhoneRuntimeComponent(); }; } If I change CppComponent1 to CppComponent2 in the .h and the .cpp, and then try to instantiate a WindowsPhoneRuntimeComponent object in my C# code, I get the following error

I can't seem to find an answer to this question anywhere, but will metro support managed c++ ?? Right now in Visual Studios 2012 RC it does not (in Metro only). I have some frameworks written in c++/cli and wanted to port them to Metro. I know c++/cx is similar, but my c++/cli objects derive from ones written in C# and it would suck to have to rewrite that part of my system (but ok if I do, I just need to know where to go from here). If there are plans to support it when Windows 8 actually comes out, I can wait. Or if not I would like to know now so I can get to work on porting. C++/CLI is not

Here I have a C# metro app with a C++ WinRT component. I need to do something in WinRT, like assign a photo's name/path, and retrieve photo's thumbnail. First, I write a value struct and retrieve struct array function in WinRT C++ as below. public value struct Item { String^ strName; String^ strPath; }; public ref class CTestWinRT sealed { public: CTestWinRT(); void TestOutStructArray(Platform::WriteOnlyArray<Item>^ intOutArray) { intOutArray->Data[0].strName = ref new String(L"test1.jpg"); intOutArray->Data[0].strPath = ref new String(L"c:\\temp"); intOutArray->Data[1].strName = ref new

I am trying to write a few lines of code in C++/CX in a "Windows Store" (aka Metro Style) application, and I am surprised to see that Platform::String is missing many basic string operations like "replace" or "index of" . I suppose I could use the internal data, pass it to a std:string instance and apply the operations I need, but I would like to know if I am missing some "Platform::* only" way of doing these operations. Please note this question is about C++/CX, not C#. The Windows Runtime string type, HSTRING is immutable and is reference counted. The Platform::String type in C++/CX is