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Scheduling Toast Notifications

Excerpt by Ken Getz

You can schedule a toast to appear any time in the future-you supply a timeat which you want the toast notification to appear, and it shows up on demand.

This course excerpt was originally posted July 18, 2013 from the online courseware Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 09: Views, Binding, and Templates by Ken Getz


Investigating Toast Notifications

Excerpt by Ken Getz

Toast notifications are simple notifications that appear in the upper-right corner of the screen (upper-left corner for right-to-left languages).

This course excerpt was originally posted July 16, 2013 from the online courseware Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 09: Views, Binding, and Templates by Ken Getz


Working with Image Resources

Excerpt by Ken Getz

Although you cannot store images in resource files, they too represent resources in your application.

This course excerpt was originally posted July 12, 2013 from the online courseware Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 09: Views, Binding, and Templates by Ken Getz


Reacting to a Language Change

Excerpt by Ken Getz

Although it won't happen every day, your application may need to react to the situation in which a user changes the currently active language in Windows.

This course excerpt was originally posted July 11, 2013 from the online courseware Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 09: Views, Binding, and Templates by Ken Getz