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WinRT first impressions anyone?

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  • N Nish Nishant

    Would be interesting to see what people've run into so far.

    Regards, Nish


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    I just finished downloading it this morning, going to play with it tonight! I found this very interesting tidbit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh454076(v=VS.85).aspx[^] Definitely I can do native C++ UI in XAML, I think I will switch to C++! :P Although... having to have 3 installers for the application (x86, x64, ARM) is annoying...

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    • N Nish Nishant

      Would be interesting to see what people've run into so far.

      Regards, Nish


      My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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      Hey Nish, I tried installing it into VMWare last night but was getting some errors. I've read that it installs just fine under VirtualBox so I'll try that this weekend. If that doesn't work I guess I'll have no choice but to put it on a physical box. Best Wishes, -David Delaune

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      • N Nish Nishant

        Would be interesting to see what people've run into so far.

        Regards, Nish


        My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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        Downloading...

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        • N Nish Nishant

          Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

          On the plus side, my C# code doesn't have to p/invoke to match the C++ code.

          Yeah but based on what I understood so far, the C++ code may be just a tad faster - since it's native code accessing COM (the new COM) as opposed to COM-interop (the new equivalent) with C#/VB.

          Regards, Nish


          My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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          Pete OHanlon
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          I'm not so sure about this, and am not in a position - yet - to perform meaningful comparisons. That will have to wait.

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          • P Pete OHanlon

            I'm not so sure about this, and am not in a position - yet - to perform meaningful comparisons. That will have to wait.

            Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

            My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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            Nish Nishant
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            Well yeah, some of this is conjecture now.

            Regards, Nish


            My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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              Downloading...

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              Nish Nishant
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              Took 8 hours for me, the servers were quite slow.

              Regards, Nish


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                Hey Nish, I tried installing it into VMWare last night but was getting some errors. I've read that it installs just fine under VirtualBox so I'll try that this weekend. If that doesn't work I guess I'll have no choice but to put it on a physical box. Best Wishes, -David Delaune

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                Nish Nishant
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                You may need the latest VMware (released last week or so). Or use VirtualBox (seems to have worked for many). I installed it on a VHD by booting off a USB flash drive. So except for the VHD I have it running on my full hardware.

                Regards, Nish


                My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                  I just finished downloading it this morning, going to play with it tonight! I found this very interesting tidbit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh454076(v=VS.85).aspx[^] Definitely I can do native C++ UI in XAML, I think I will switch to C++! :P Although... having to have 3 installers for the application (x86, x64, ARM) is annoying...

                  A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                  Nish Nishant
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                  Remember that right now, the C++ support for Xaml is WinRT only. Not for desktop apps.

                  Regards, Nish


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                    Well yeah, some of this is conjecture now.

                    Regards, Nish


                    My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                    Foolishly I offered to convert one of our apps over from WPF to see what the migration path will be like, before I had a chance to play with the environment. My impressions now are that it's going to be a lot harder than I first thought - the lack of things like popups is a real pain.

                    Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

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                      Foolishly I offered to convert one of our apps over from WPF to see what the migration path will be like, before I had a chance to play with the environment. My impressions now are that it's going to be a lot harder than I first thought - the lack of things like popups is a real pain.

                      Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                      My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                      Nish Nishant
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                      Yeah, porting any non-trivial desktop app to a Metro app would involve significant re-design.

                      Regards, Nish


                      My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                        Yeah, porting any non-trivial desktop app to a Metro app would involve significant re-design.

                        Regards, Nish


                        My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                        Pete OHanlon
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                        It's going to be worth it in the long run to see what knowledge can be transferred without any trouble. Now, if only Blend wasn't just HTML/CSS at the moment.

                        Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

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                          It's going to be worth it in the long run to see what knowledge can be transferred without any trouble. Now, if only Blend wasn't just HTML/CSS at the moment.

                          Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                          Nish Nishant
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                          Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                          Now, if only Blend wasn't just HTML/CSS at the moment.

                          Well the good thing for Xaml design from VS is that they now host the Blend controls within VS. (no more Cider in VS - good riddance)

                          Regards, Nish


                          My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                            Hey Nish, I tried installing it into VMWare last night but was getting some errors. I've read that it installs just fine under VirtualBox so I'll try that this weekend. If that doesn't work I guess I'll have no choice but to put it on a physical box. Best Wishes, -David Delaune

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                            you can use VMWare Workstation 8. I used it but it was too slow with 1GB ram and I have 4G ram in the host system

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