To view localhost website from mobile device you have to follow thoses steps : In your computer, you have to retrieve your IP address (Run > cmd > ipconfig) If your localhost use a specific port (like localhost:12345 ), you have to open the port on your computer (Control Panel > System and Security > … Read more
I added the meta code to my head, but I’m still getting browserconfig.xml requests too. So I think best way is; according to them: https://learn.microsoft.com/browserconfig.xml <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> <browserconfig> <msapplication> </msapplication> </browserconfig>
I’m porting my existing project to Win8 right now. It consists of windows service and tray application which are talking to each other via NamedPipes WCF. As you may already know Metro doesn’t support named pipes. I ended up using TcpBinding for full duplex connection. This post describes what functionality is supported. Sample of my … Read more
Internet Explorer makes the assumption that most webpages were written to target earlier versions of IE and looks at the doctype, meta tags and HTML to determine the best compatibility mode (sometimes incorrectly). Even with a HTML5 doctype IE will still place your website in compatibility mode if it’s an intranet site. To ensure that … Read more
I have installed the latest Python for Win10 from Releases for Windows. Just typing py in the Command Prompt Window starts Python. Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15048] (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\sg7>py Python 3.6.3 (v3.6.3:2c5fed8, Oct 3 2017, 18:11:49) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for … 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
PowerShell files for all versions are .ps1 (or .psm1, .psd1, etc.).
WinRT is a replacement for the age-old C-based Winapi. It is an api that must be usable in many runtime environments. Back 20 years ago, a C api was relatively easy to interop with. That has moved on since then, COM became the universal glue in the last half of the 1990s. Practically any language … Read more
A quick and dirty solution is to use the ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback delegate. This allows you to provide your own certificate validation. The validation is applied globally across the whole App Domain. ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback += (sender, cert, chain, sslPolicyErrors) => true; I use this mainly for unit testing in situations where I want to run against an endpoint … Read more
Seemed to be a no brainer; the WCF service should be enabled using Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off in the Control Panel. Go to .NET Framework Advanced Services -> WCF Services and enable HTTP Activation as described in this blog post on mdsn. From the command prompt (as admin), you … Read more