From Windows XP to Windows 7, you could change the current the with the command line: (How do I change the current Windows theme programmatically?). But in Windows 8.1 (and windows 8 I suppose), it doesn't work.
The only way I can do it is with WinaeroThemeSwitcher (http://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.209).
How can I do it from native commands or from C#? WinaeroThemeSwitcher proves that it is possible.
I finally found how. Using ILSpy (with few corrections) helped a lot. Thank you magicandre1981.
I also found an implementation online afterwards using COM objects GUID (class ThemeManagerHelpClass):
https://github.com/opkorz/CS199_Thesis/blob/master/Implementation1/CL_Utility2.ps1
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This is a simple question, I've used the old wuapilib.dll for windows 7, but I'm unable to find anything to use to programatically call / use windows updates in Windows 10. Did Microsoft do away with this functionality?
You can still use WUApi in Windows 10. Just add the reference.
The path is C:\Windows\System32\wuapi.dll
I have a Windows phone 8.1 Silverlight application.
Now I need to make it run also on windows 10 phones and tablets. I checked and the app is available on windows 10 phones, even if deployed for windows 8.1 but it seems like I can't install it on windows 10 tablets.
My question is pretty simple:
Is there a "fast way" for converting the 8.1 project to UWP?
Can I deploy my app for tablets without re-writing all the code?
Thanks all
This question is oddly similar to one that I answered just yesterday. It's not really a duplicate so I will restate the answer here along with a link to the other question (1)
Unfortunately there is no easy and fully automated way to port your Silverlight app to UWP mostly because the API footprint has changed and updated between the 2 platforms. There are a lot of similarities but also a lot of breaking changes that require some manual changes.
here is Microsoft's guidance for this particular upgrade path.
From the article above:
Note This guide is designed to help you port your Windows Phone Silverlight app to Windows 10 manually. In addition to using the information in this guide to port your app, you can try the developer preview of Mobilize.NET's Silverlight Bridge to help automate the porting process. This tool analyzes your app's source code and converts references to Windows Phone Silverlight controls and APIs to their UWP counterparts. Because this tool is still in developer preview, it does not yet handle all conversion scenarios. However, most developers should be able to save some time and effort by starting with this tool. To try the developer preview, visit Mobilize.NET's website.
[1] Can a Silverlight out-of-browser app be converted to Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app?
We already have a working and fully functional app working on store in Windows phone 8 silverlight framework. But keeping in Mind windows 10 will be releasing soon we want to be ready. We want to migrate the app to WinRT framework. What would be the best approach to do that.
I see there are a lot of changes at the framework level but still any suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks
Vinod
There's a MSDN article that targets the describes problem. The most interesting part is probably the mapping of silverlight namespaces to the corresponding WinRT namespaces (if available).
Here is an article about an app by Rudy Huyn to convert Silverlight application to universal apps. That could also be a great help.
I have a couple quick questions about Windows Phone applications. How does one know the type of Windows Phone application? For example, is the WP email client XAML or Silverlight?
The reason I am asking is that I have been assigned the task of writing some automated testing scripts for an already developed application (or WP core app) and I'm not sure which automated scripting method to use (CodedUI vs VSTO Test UI). It's my understanding that CodedUI only works for XAML based applications.
Thanks!
From just looking at the app I don't think there is anyway to tell. However, whether it is SilverLight or new Store App (appx) they both support XAML. If you have the source code you can load it in Visual Studio. After the project name you will see:
Windows Phone 8.1 Silverlight
Windows Phone 8.1
The second one is the newer Store App possibly a Universal App.
If you need to know if it is xaml then certianly asking the developer will be the easiest option. I assume they are both XAML no matter what as I am not aware that WinJS is supported for phone.
One other option that could help you get to what you need to know is if you have the executables. Silverlight will be an XAP file extension and the new Store App will be have an APPX file extension.
Good luck & Have fun,
Tom
I'm trying to use voice command service in windows phone 8.1 application, but I can't find the appropriate namespace (Windows.Phone.Speech).
Is it only available in wp8 or Silverlight ?
Thanks a lot!
I ran across this question while looking for the answer to this myself today; so hopefully this will help someone else.
Yes! It does exist in Windows Phone 8.1 (WinRT). It is now called VoiceCommandManager however, and is under Windows.Media.SpeechRecognition:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows.media.speechrecognition.voicecommandmanager.aspx
Noting also that they are deprecating this in Windows 10 (there is a note to that effect on the page), which probably accounts for why this was so hard to track down. I also found this handy sample project:
https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Voice-Commands-for-Windows-2f808ac6/