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The charms bar is the menu on the right side of the screen in Windows 8 (by default hidden). When a mouse is used you can activate it by moving your mouse to the right top or bottom corner. On a touch enabled device you can swipe from the border to the left to activate it.

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Windows 8 Ad sdk hides Charm bar window (About us)

In my windows 8 application i have a advertisement in right side of window. When i choose the about page from my charm bar settings pane, the ad sdk control remain in top of the about page.. looks like below... MainPage.xaml,
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Windows 8 App, insert text into Search charm?

The use case I would like to enable is: User highlights some text in my app. User clicks Search charm. Search charm is populated by highlighted text. User clicks on Bing app, which, because of Search charm magic, automatically shows results for…
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Charms bar won't show

Implementing the settings charms bar. Following Michael Hauck's NuGet charmsflyout library. Success: The 'About' button or link shows up in the settings charm. However - Problem: The settings pane vanishes upon clicking 'About' private void…
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Adding About Button To Settings Charm

I want to add About button (may be link) to the Settings Charm. But i dont't want to display content in settings charm, i need to navigate About.html page in application. App Settings Sample didn't help me. Is there anyway to achieve this? I need…
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What is the name of the black box with time & battery that is shown alongside charms bar?

In Windows 8, when I hit Win+C, a "charms menu" will be displayed to the right. But at the same time, a black square box will be displayed in the bottom-left corner, displaying the current time, WiFi signal strength, a battery icon, etc. Does this…
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Is it possible to integrate windows 10 share apis in a desktop app(not an Universal App)? If yes, how?

I have a desktop project written in C++ and I have share my media through Facebook, Twitter or any other sharing apps installed on my machine using windows sharing option(Charm bar as in Win 8.1). Can I do that or I need to convert my app to Windows…
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Windows 8 App start after Share

I am looking for a possibility to start my own Windows App after some content is shared with it through the charm bar. I have found this MS example https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Sharing-Content-Target-App-e2689782/ But after the share…
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Windows 8 Share Charm - how to understand if an email was sent?

I'm developing a Windows 8 app using C# and XAML. In the app it's possible to share stuff through email and for this I'm using the DataTransferManager to show the the share UI. What I'm wondering is if there's any possibility to understand if the…
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Unable to share data by mail with windows 8.1 charm bar

I'm currently testing some code exemple provided by microsoft on msdn to check how sharing content from application with the mail application in the charm bar. The code that microsoft gives you looks like this : private void RegisterForShare() { …
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Disable/Overwrite edge swipe gestures in Windows 8 with firefox/javascript

Is there a way to disable / overwrite the edge swipe gestures in Windows 8? My goal is to build a kiosk browser which runs on Windows 8. I used to take Firefox with FF Fullscreen AddOn for this, but in Win 8, the Win 8 TOUCHSCREEN edge swipe…
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printing from windows store app

I have an Windows Store app I I want to print one of the pages. I looked for it in the web and I must select printers from devices in charm but there aren't anything listed. when I looked into devices in settings I see printer is added (via network…
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Adding items to Windows 8 Settings Charms Bar

I would like to add a button to the Settings charms bar called 'Privacy Policy' that links to the url: http://yourdomain.com/privacypolicy I am creating a Windows 8 application using visual studio and VB
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How to use CharmFlyoutLibrary with master page?

I have a Windows 8 app, and recently I refactored it to use a 'master page'. This means that there is one 'layout' that has a few generic components such as the header and footer. In that layout, I have a Frame. Every time I want to show a different…
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Sharing in Windows 8

I have faced a problem, that Sharing in windows 8 is very buggy. Because i downloaded a sample from MSDN "Sharing content source app sample" and it worked fine few times (lets say 3). On a 4 time when i ran the sample it shows: Can't share at the…
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How to send e-mail from within a Win8 Metro App

I am developing a Windows8 Metro App using c# xaml and I have to send the app link as an e-mail to someone using the share contract. What I have tried is private void RegisterForShare() { …
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