Image classification with WinML and UWP (update)
Little over a year ago, I blogged about how to do image classification using WinML in UWP. Since then we got some updates of Windows and Visual Studio which result in some changes. Windows May 2019...
View ArticleSimple data validation in Xamarin Forms
In this post I would like to share how I’ve implemented user input data validation in Xamarin Forms. Over the years I’ve tried a few approaches, some with success, others without. This one is an...
View ArticleDistributing WPF/WinForms applications using AppCenter and msix
Some time ago, Microsoft announced WPF and WinForms support for Visual Studio AppCenter. I almost immediately tried it out in order to share my experiences on my blog. But, unfortunately, I was halted...
View ArticleGotcha: opening default app for file in UWP
Doing UWP development, when you’ve been doing WPF/WinForms development for years, can cause some confusion sometimes. A colleague of mine got stuck when trying to launch the default application for a...
View ArticleA fixed and always expanded CommandBar in UWP
Is it possible to show a CommandBar in UWP that… …is always expanded and fixed so the label of your AppBarButtons are always visible …has no ellipsis button to open or collapse it Yes, it is! I had to...
View ArticleReading Belgian eID in UWP using SmartCardReader
I couldn’t find any samples to read a Belgian Electronic Identity Card in a UWP application. With the DeviceInformation and SmartCardReader classes it is very easy to access the devices/readers...
View ArticleAccessing UWP APIs from a Win32 application
The term UWP is used for a lot of things: UI (WinUI), the Windows AppModel, Windows Runtime API, Store Apps,… As I’m planning to keep this a short blogpost, I’m not going to discuss this here 😀 For...
View ArticleUploading UWP AppxBundle to App Center in Azure DevOps
App Center is a great way to distribute (alpha/beta) releases of your Windows or UWP app to (internal) testers. Especially when you make the distribution to App Center a part of your pipelines. You...
View ArticleUWP randomly throwing System.ExecutionEngineException => a Fix!
While debugging my UWP apps, I recently started getting this System.ExecutionEngineExeptionrandomly (roughly 50% of the time) when navigating to a new page. Today I finally found a fix for this, thanks...
View ArticleSelect TextBox content when tab focussed in UWP
For a LOB application I’m building, one very important request is the fact that users should be able to input/edit data as fast as possible. Allowing users to use the tab key to navigate from one input...
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