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  I was recently asked how to test private methods in Visual Studio 2010 and 2012.  Apparently, the supported approach has changed from previous versions.  Testing private methods can be done using the PrivateObject class.  It’s pretty...

Someone recently asked about using Codes Analysis in Visual Studio 2012.  Here is one approach.  With a solution loaded in Visual Studio 2012, go to the build menu and pick Run Code Analysis on <project name>.     Once the...

  Open PowerPoint 2013 Click the Insert Tab>Click Shapes and pick the rectangle Click on the empty slide and stretch the shape Right click on the shape and select Size and Position setting size to be 3.13 high by 6.46 wide Click insert again and...

Approach 1 – not the highest quality, but easy (e.g. quick and dirty) 1. Start the application on a Windows 8 Machine or the Azure Windows Server 2012 VM 2. Use Alt+PrtScn to capture the image to the clipboard 3. Hit the Windows key and type in Paint...

1. Open your exported Touch Develop project in Visual Studio 2. Make sure the Solution Explorer Window is open (CTRL+w, s) 3. Right click on the Touch Develop project and select Store>Capture Screenshots… 4. The Simulator will load (you may have to...

After building your project your ready to publish. Here are some quick pointers. 1. Go to the Windows Store (aka.ms/MSStoreReg) 2. Login with the Live ID/Microsoft ID you created the store account with 3. If you already reserved your app name you’ll just...

Here is the way I think about it. 1. Make or modify a script 2. Create the art for the script a. PowerPoint b. Paint.NET c. … 3. Publish the script in Touch Develop 4. Click on the “script name” to get options to export 5. Click the “Windows 8” button...

Want to win the ultimate backstage pass? If your app has what it takes, you could be hanging out with the Windows 8 Games Studios team and the makers of Xbox enabled games at Microsoft Studios. You'll get a sneak peek at a future game and even join the...