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Showing posts with label Windows8 Release Preview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows8 Release Preview. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Replacement of MessageBox by MessageDialog on Metro Style Application for Windows8

I was wondering how to show a MessageBox and then close an application after clicking "OK" or "Close" button on the MessageBox. Well, it seems we must use MessageDialog instead of MessageBox though.

So, as an example, I will show an implementation in C# about the application requires Internet Connection. ( Just in case network is not available when the application is about to be started. )


1. Add "Using directives" in App.xaml.cs

using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
using Windows.UI.Popups;


2. Add a new method in App.xaml.cs

        private async void MessageBox(string txt, UICommand cmd)
        {
            var md = new MessageDialog(txt);
            md.Commands.Add(cmd);
            await md.ShowAsync();
        }


3. Custome the method "OnLaunched" in App.xaml.cs

        protected override void OnLaunched(LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)
        {
            if (!NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable())
            {
                  UICommand cmd = new UICommand("Close", (p) => { this.Exit(); });
                  MessageBox("Network is not available。", cmd);
            }

            // Do not repeat app initialization when already running, just ensure that
            // the window is active
            if (args.PreviousExecutionState == ApplicationExecutionState.Running)
            {
                  Window.Current.Activate();
                  return;
            }
            .........
        }


I think there must be better solution than this.
So I need to check out more informations about windows8...


Monday, June 11, 2012

Metro style application for windows8

I created a simple metro style application on windows8 release preview by use of Visual Studio 2012 RC.
In this case, this application is created by use of C# and XAML.

This application provides us the latest top 10 earthquake informations in Japan.
(The data is from http://tenki.jp/component/static_api/rss/earthquake/recent_entries.xml )

I think, creating a metro style application is easy.