private async void RequestData(string uri, Action<string> action) { var client = new WebClient(); string data = await client.DownloadStringTaskAsync(uri); action(data); } See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh194294.aspx
If you simply want to run a desktop application like (notepad, wordpad, internet explorer etc) then go through Process Methods and ProcessStartInfo Class try { // Start the child process. Process p = new Process(); // Redirect the output stream of the child process. p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false; p.StartInfo.FileName = “C:\Path\To\App.exe”; p.Start(); } // Exp 2 … Read more
You need to edit the jQuery source so that you pass the jQuery.support function to MSApp.execUnsafeLocalFunction, which disables the unsafe content checking, like this: jQuery.support = MSApp.execUnsafeLocalFunction(function() { var support, all, a, select, opt, input, fragment, tds, events, eventName, i, isSupported, div = document.createElement( “div” ), documentElement = document.documentElement; // lots of statements removed for … Read more
According to the accepted answer in this post, there is no other way at the moment. However, the File IO team is considering changing the the api so that it returns null instead of throwing an exception. Quote from the linked post: Currently the only way to check if a file exists is to catch … Read more
Sure, here you go. First, you can resize the WebView to the actual content. Then, you scale the WebView back to the original size. It would require a script invoke and a ScaleTransform. Pretty simple, really. Like this: <Grid Background=”{StaticResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}”> <WebView x:Name=”MyWebView” Source=”http://www.stackoverflow.com” /> </Grid> void MyWebView_LoadCompleted(object sender, NavigationEventArgs e) { var _Original = … Read more
What I did was creating my own Window and Style. Because I like to have control over everything and I didn’t want some external libraries just to use a Window from it. I looked at already mentioned MahApps.Metro on GitHub and also very nice Modern UI on GitHub. (.NET4.5 only) There is one more it’s … Read more
You can use an instance of the SemaphoreSlim Class as a signal: private SemaphoreSlim signal = new SemaphoreSlim(0, 1); // set signal in event signal.Release(); // wait for signal somewhere else await signal.WaitAsync(); Alternatively, you can use an instance of the TaskCompletionSource<T> Class to create a Task<T> that represents the result of the button click: … Read more