Software Picks in Windows 8 Store
Hello,
I'm maybe having a very unusual question, any assistance from Toshiba team is much appreciated.
As a software developer for Windows 8, I'm looking for a person responsible for Toshiba Picks inside Windows 8 Store. This section is used to highlight apps that Toshiba thinks worthwile and that run on Windows 8 devices (laptop and tablets).
The software I would like to propose for your evaluation is Live Interior 3D, its available as Free and Pro versions. The program was featured by Microsoft in the store several times.
http://belightsoft.com/products/liveinterior/win/overview.php
Thanks,
Andrew
Hello David,
This is explained in the following article:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectsiena/archive/2013/12/30/submitting-a-project-siena-app-to-the-store.aspx
It is to be expected that this will become easier in future releases.
Regards
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maybe?
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That class library can be used by any .net application that references it but in the Windows Store App project I can't reference a standard class library, but your use of the term "brokered" suggests there is a way to do this. Where would I
find how to do that?
3. desktop
Finally, by the mention of the term "desktop" red flags go up. I personally will never use Windows RT because it lacks the desktop. However, by the suggestions you've made here the only way to get my goal seems to be in using Windows
Desktop features. If I were to create the XAML App and the "brokered component" to thus have access to "desktop printing", is that something that will even work on a Windows RT machine?
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