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Coming soon after the approval of Microsoft.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
How to install Windows Phone SDK on Windows XP
Download the Windows Phone SDK from Microsoft Download Center
Extract the downloaded package by running in a command prompt
vm_web.exe /x
Go to the folder of the extracted package and open the file baseline.dat with text editor
Look at [gencomp7788] section and change two entries in this way:
InstallOnLHS=0 InstallOnWinXP=0
Save the file baseline.dat and run
setup.exe /web
Enjoy
Error 2738. Could not access VBScript run time for custom action.
Cause
This error message indicates that the VBScript engine is not currently registered on the machine where the install/uninstall is taking place.
Resolution
The VBScript engine can be quickly registered by following these steps:
Run Command Prompt as administrator:
Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories
Right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator
If you are using 32-bit version of Windows type:
cd %windir%\system32
into the Command Prompt and hit Enter
If you are using 64-bit version of Windows type:
cd %windir%\syswow64
into the Command Prompt and hit Enter, then for both 32/64 bit type
regsvr32 vbscript.dll
into the Command Prompt and hit Enter.
Cha-ching
A new mobile app for windows phone is on the way. Cha-ching!
Memory Diagnostics Helper for Windows Phone
Made by Peter Torr, a useful tool for developers to check app memory consumption.
Available on NuGet
PM> Install-Package MemoryDiagnosticsHelper
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How to set background image on Windows Phone 7 App
If you want to add a custom image as a background of you windows phone app page, you can with this few lines of code.
Put this code in your loading method.
var app = Application.Current as App;
var imageBrush = new ImageBrush
{
ImageSource = new BitmapImage(new Uri(imageName, UriKind.Relative))
};
app.RootFrame.Background = imageBrush;