We all know that the generated-on-demand messages like WM_MOUSE­MOVE, WM_PAINT, and WM_TIMER messages are not posted into the queue when the corresponding event occurs, but rather are generated by Get­Message or Peek­Message when they detect that they are about to conclude that there is no message to return and the generated-on-demand message can be returned. When this happens, the window manager creates the message on the fly, posts it into the queue, and hey, how about that, the Get­Message or Peek­Message function now has a message to return!

Last year we evangelized the use of the LongListSelector control to provide smooth infinite scrolling scenarios. The LongListSelector control is so useful that we decided to enhance it and move it to the SDK for Windows Phone 8. In this post we discuss the improvements we’ve made to the control, and provide a mapping guide for Windows Phone developers who are already using the Windows Phone Toolkit 7.1 version of the LongListSelector.

The cornerstone app architecture for Windows Phone development is the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) design pattern. In this video, Matthias Shapiro demonstrates the basic structure of a Windows Phone MVVM app. He shows how you can build robust and flexible MVVM apps for the phone that take advantage of data binding, commanding, and presentation logic (ViewModel) portability. For more information, see Practical MVVM For Windows Phone on Channel 9.

In Android development, if you have a small collection of key-value pairs that you want to persist from session to session you use the SharedPreferences APIs. In Windows Phone development these key-value pairs are often referred to as Application Settings.

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Recently I was working on a Feature that when activated would create a new list in the site. I was creating the list and its columns via code...

Windows 8 is a new digital canvas where you can showcase your creativity and flair with apps that reach hundreds of millions of people. The platform provides unique features like Live Tiles, Contracts and Cloud services, so you can engage your audience more deeply in new and creative ways. Enjoy this Jump Start with Microsoft Sr. Technical Evangelist Chris

Hope you you find this a useful tool for your Document Management. If you are looking for a more robust tool and don’t mind the cost– take a look at SharePoint in Office 365.

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