I am currently writing my first windows 8 applications. One of the user scenario’s was, to be download images from a website and to be able to share it with other apps using share contract. I had to spend quite a bit of time to figure out how to...

In the previous blog post http://blogs.msdn.com/b/going_metro/archive/2012/05/12/integrating-with-windows-8-share-charm-long-running-shares.aspx we have seen how to handle long running shares. I wanted to share one more thing that I have observed. In...

In the previous posts, I have explained about the Sharing and Receiving data. 1. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/going_metro/archive/2012/05/02/integrating-with-windows-8-share-charm-part-1-sharing-data.aspx 2. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/going_metro/archive/2012...

Windows 8 Share Charm – Receiving Data In the previous blog post Integrating with Windows 8 Share Charm - Sharing Data I have discussed how to Share data from an App. In this blog post I will discuss on how to create the target app capable of...

Windows 8 Share Charm – Sharing Data This blog post describes the process of implementing sharing in Windows 8. Windows 8 share charms lets the users share content from within the app with other people or apps, and receive shared content. Below...