Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 12: Notifications and Toast

with expert Ken Getz

In this Windows 8 course you will be introduced Windows 8 notifications. You will learn to build toast notifications using XML and the DOM and then you will examine the eight toast templates. The course continues with building toast notifications using the NotificationsExtensions library, set toast background color, set toast duration, specify toast audio, and create scheduled and recurring toast notifications. Then to end this course you will see how to pass parameters from toast notifications to the application.


Intermediate | 1h 22m | March 18, 2013

Visual StudioXAML.NETWindows 8 DesignWindows 8 AppsC#Windows 8 Development

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Ken Getz

Ken Getz is a featured instructor for several of our Visual Studio courses. He is a Visual Basic and Visual C# expert and has been recognized multiple times as a Microsoft MVP. Ken is a seasoned instructor, successful consultant, and the author or co-author of several best-selling books. He is a frequent speaker at technical conferences like Tech-Ed, VSLive, and DevConnections and he has written for several of the industry's most-respected publications including Visual Studio Magazine, CoDe Magazine, and MSDN Magazine.




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