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Cannot load native DLL symbols when running as a WinUI3 nonpackaged desktop app

Hi - Using Visual Studio 2022, we're developing a WinUI3 desktop unpackaged app in C# that loads a Native C++ DLL. When we were building as a packaged (deployable) app, I was able to set breakpoints in the DLL and debug that code. Then we decided to…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2022-03-03T18:24:58.07+00:00
Cohn, Robert 21 Reputation points
answered 2022-03-04T00:34:02.377+00:00
Cohn, Robert 21 Reputation points
4 answers

C\C++ RESOURCE VERSION RESOURCE VS_VERSION_INFO from resource .rc ==> in c#

In c\c++ in the resource editor there is version information that the windows file explorer can see: == ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Version // VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO FILEVERSION…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
C#
C#
An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.
10,591 questions
Not Monitored
Not Monitored
Tag not monitored by Microsoft.
37,452 questions
asked 2022-03-02T19:15:57.697+00:00
Boyd Mills 21 Reputation points
commented 2022-03-03T13:10:52.607+00:00
Anna Xiu-MSFT 27,641 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Unit Test WinUI3 App

How can we unit test WinUI3 UI behavior using UITestMethod attribute?

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
Visual Studio Testing
Visual Studio Testing
Visual Studio: A family of Microsoft suites of integrated development tools for building applications for Windows, the web and mobile devices.Testing: The act or process of applying tests as a means of analysis or diagnosis.
336 questions
asked 2022-03-02T11:11:13.677+00:00
Hi 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-03-03T08:26:32.413+00:00
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 29,026 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

Need to undestand the features of colorpicker in WinUI3

Hi Team, I am using the colorpicker while developing the WinUI3 application. But i could not find "Your choises and preset color"(As in screenshot below) options in the WinUI3 color picker. Could you please let me know how to get…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2022-02-28T09:19:13.23+00:00
MM, Sunil 86 Reputation points
answered 2022-02-28T10:26:03.837+00:00
Castorix31 82,851 Reputation points
3 answers

Unhandled exception" error when debugging Visual Studio Community 2019

Hello everyone, I'm facing a problem on Visual Studio Community software on Windows 11 with required specifications. When I create a WinUI 3 project (Desktop application in C#) and I debug the application without even inserting any code, the software…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2022-02-26T13:13:10.957+00:00
Bibic Durand 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-02-28T09:57:56.797+00:00
Castorix31 82,851 Reputation points
1 answer

How to enable & disable IME input for an application without changing PC IME language

I have created custom Edit boxs and they are part of single window (language C++) I want to enable/start IME input only when I draw the text (type in editbox) else it should be disabled/stopped for my application without changing PC IME language as…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
Windows API - Win32
Windows API - Win32
A core set of Windows application programming interfaces (APIs) for desktop and server applications. Previously known as Win32 API.
2,503 questions
asked 2022-02-11T07:36:43.623+00:00
Parmod Kumar 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-02-28T07:54:33.93+00:00
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,151 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

WinUI 3 Example Testing

WinUI 3 Testing Running Win 10 and VS Community Ed 2019 Found and am trying to Build and Run DemoBuildCs project from the WinUI-3-Demos-master/Build2020Demo Folder As usual, the build Succeeded with 29 Warning Errors Now I’ll set the Debug…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2022-02-19T20:07:34.287+00:00
srfpala 111 Reputation points
commented 2022-02-26T07:54:45.25+00:00
Castorix31 82,851 Reputation points
1 answer

How to add items to Windows 11 modern EXPLORER context menu using C#?

I'm developing a UWP program and want to associate a custom menu item with a specific file format and show it in the Windows 11 new version File Explorer context menu (first level menu). Is there such an API?And how to do this in winform?

Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
C#
C#
An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.
10,591 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,828 questions
asked 2022-02-19T06:46:27.067+00:00
Jeffreyg1228 1 Reputation point
answered 2022-02-23T15:40:10.883+00:00
Limitless Technology 44,091 Reputation points
3 answers

Unable to load the Manifest Designer in WinUI3 Project

It is my first WinUI 3 project to upload to the store. I created a simple app. and associated it with an app of my account. It seemed successful. But when I tried to open the package manifest file to set app icons, names, etc. it shows up with an error…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2021-12-11T15:33:57.267+00:00
MG Bhadurudeen 626 Reputation points
answered 2022-02-20T15:47:47.087+00:00
Robin Wilson 11 Reputation points
2 answers

What is difference between Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET and Sytem.Runtime.WindowsRuntime

Recently I am trying to migrate some UWP libraries to WinUI3. But I found a lot of class conflicts between these two packages. Concretely, some existing netstandard2.0 projects has dependencies on Sytem.Runtime.WindowsRuntime. With this library, some…

Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
.NET Runtime
.NET Runtime
.NET: Microsoft Technologies based on the .NET software framework.Runtime: An environment required to run apps that aren't compiled to machine language.
1,136 questions
asked 2022-02-15T10:05:20.193+00:00
Ran Bi 21 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
answered 2022-02-17T05:43:27.097+00:00
Roy Li - MSFT 32,731 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

basics about app.xaml

the "App.xaml"... I've some questions about it 1) do we need it? 2) it it a file that is stored beside the exe? ... always? can I have this inside my exe? 3) ... ms-appx:///App.xaml ... what does that mean? is this some placeholder for...…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2022-02-14T23:25:19.377+00:00
Rudolf Meier 291 Reputation points
commented 2022-02-16T06:56:08.817+00:00
Castorix31 82,851 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to update data on UI in real-time from a thread with C++/winrt?

I am working on a project with WinUI 3 with C++/winrt. I need to update my UI in real-time with many data from a thread. The thread is working for receiving the data from the server. And my UI , working as a client, wants to display the data as the…

Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
C++
C++
A high-level, general-purpose programming language, created as an extension of the C programming language, that has object-oriented, generic, and functional features in addition to facilities for low-level memory manipulation.
3,619 questions
asked 2022-02-10T10:54:33.973+00:00
Clara Shi 31 Reputation points
accepted 2022-02-14T03:00:36.403+00:00
Clara Shi 31 Reputation points
0 answers

Why Does Windows Only Have 2 Second Resolution for the Modified Timestamp on an exFAT Volume?

The title says it all. When I create or modify files on an exFAT volume or copy a file from NTFS to exFAT the modified timestamp only has 2 second resolution. exFAT supports 10 ms resolution. Interestingly if I use Ubuntu to create files on the exFAT…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2022-02-13T00:53:27.423+00:00
Josh Orenberg 1 Reputation point
0 answers

do I have to call RegisterPackage...?

I can install a package (msix) using the Windows.Management.Deployment.PackageManager.AddPackage* ... fine. I can also provision it for all users. Good... But the setup on GitHub does call "RegisterPackage*" in case AddPackageAsync returns…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2022-02-11T23:22:57.293+00:00
Rudolf Meier 291 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows App SDK dynamic dependency

ok, we have this here 1) https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/windows/apps/windows-app-sdk/tutorial-unpackaged-deployment this tells me, that I have to use "MddBootstrapInitialize" before I can use things from the App SDK (like WinUI 3) and we…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2022-02-11T13:32:00.043+00:00
Rudolf Meier 291 Reputation points
accepted 2022-02-11T23:13:36.347+00:00
Rudolf Meier 291 Reputation points
3 answers

can't view memory.dmp file

I'm trying to use windbg.exe to view this file as documentation says but can't find this command even after installing Windows SDK. I've searched in the normal areas to find it and nothing. I just want to troubleshoot my computer that keeps blue…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2022-02-09T18:25:31.613+00:00
yaz 1 Reputation point
answered 2022-02-09T20:26:45.04+00:00
Docs 15,491 Reputation points
1 answer

How to profile/measure the pre-main launch time of a win32 application?

I am working on reducing the launch time of our (win32) application. Are there any tools that can be used to measure the following? Total pre-main time, i.e. time elapsed between double-clicking the app icon and the start of execution of the main…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
Windows API - Win32
Windows API - Win32
A core set of Windows application programming interfaces (APIs) for desktop and server applications. Previously known as Win32 API.
2,503 questions
Sysinternals
Sysinternals
Advanced system utilities to manage, troubleshoot, and diagnose Windows and Linux systems and applications.
1,121 questions
asked 2022-02-07T12:14:35.267+00:00
Vivek Kumar 1 Reputation point
answered 2022-02-08T03:07:45.627+00:00
Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 9,431 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

install PWA package created with pwabuilder.com on X-BOX

We have pwa application in Microsoft Store. Application was build with https://github.com/pwa-builder/PWABuilder-CLI, but now it is not working. We try to build package with pwabuilder.com, but get error on X-BOX: Failure reason: error 0x800B0100: The…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2022-02-04T09:54:33.91+00:00
Oleg Anisimov 1 Reputation point
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Forms Cyrstal Report: Best practice

Hi, I've successful shown a Windows Forms SAP Crystal Report. I'm using Data Adapter Data Set to store the value, then display This is my code, private void frmIncidentMaster_GetIncidents_Show_Load(object sender,…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
asked 2022-01-26T05:06:49.433+00:00
Jerry Lipan 916 Reputation points
accepted 2022-02-03T08:32:14.53+00:00
Jerry Lipan 916 Reputation points
0 answers

Windows Server 2016 - Shared Folders - No access

Hello everyone! I have a virtual 2016 file server on a VMware host that randomly has problems with shared folders. Couple of shared folder access change to no access automatically and we need to restart the whole server to get the status back to…

Windows App SDK
Windows App SDK
A set of Microsoft open-source libraries, frameworks, components, and tools to be used in apps to access Windows platform functionality on many versions of Windows. Previously known as Project Reunion.
748 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,535 questions
asked 2022-02-01T17:51:42.283+00:00
Haynes Mendez 1 Reputation point