Setting environment variables on Windows Azure: easy way
A few hours after writing the last post, I discovered that one can specify environment variables in the .csdef...
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Allow Silverlight to access clipboard after having clicked “NO” before
Silverlight applications can put information into the computer’s clipboard. But only when the user grants the application access to it.So while using Silverlight apps online you might have come across...
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Windows Azure: Local User Account Expires
Symptom: mounted network drive missingThere was a scenario in which I needed a local user to perform actions in a Windows Azure Deployment. In this special scenario a local user named “fileshareuser”...
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Windows 8: Hide Virtual Keyboard Programmatically
The visibility of the virtual keyboard in Windows 8 Metro Style Apps depends on whether a text input enabled control is focused or not:In the left image the user tapped into a TextBox control. This tap...
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Windows 8: View And Renew Developer License
Developer licenses are only valid for a given period of time e.g. one month. After expiration you may not run your own applications any more. Even the XAML-Designer in Visual Studio 2012 states that...
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