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WinRTLiveTileManager Members

A control that allows pinning Live Tiles to the Windows 8 Start Screen for traditional Windows Forms applications.

Constructors

Name Description
WinRTLiveTileManager() Initializes a new instance of the WinRTLiveTileManager class with default parameters.
WinRTLiveTileManager(IContainer) Initializes a new instance of the WinRTLiveTileManager class associated with the specific Container Control.

Properties

Name Description
ActualSquareTileSize Returns the current size for tiles with square templates.
ActualWideTileSize Gets the actual size of wide Tiles within this WinRTLiveTileManager.
ApplicationName Gets or sets the application name that a Live Tile for this application will display.
CanRaiseEvents protected Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. Inherited from Component.
Container Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
ContainerControl Gets or sets the Container Control that owns the current WinRTLiveTileManager.
DefaultTileImage An image, displayed within a Live Tile by default.
DesignMode protected Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component.
Events protected Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component.
HasPinnedTile Checks whether the current WinRTLiveTileManager has its associated Live Tile pinned to the Windows 8 Start Screen.
Id Gets or sets the ID for the current WinRTLiveTileManager.
IsStartScreenAvailable Gets whether the Windows Start Screen is available on the machine, running the application with this WinRTLiveTileManager.
Site Gets or sets a site associated with the current WinRTLiveTileManager.

Methods

Name Description
BeginInit() Begins the runtime initialization of the WinRTLiveTileManager control that is used on a form, or by another component.
CheckWinRTAppInstalled() static Gets whether the Live Tile Manager application is installed.
ClearTile() Removes all the previous Live Tile content.
CreateObjRef(Type) Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
Dispose() Releases all resources used by the Component. Inherited from Component.
EndInit() Finishes the runtime initialization of the WinRTLiveTileManager control that is used on a form or by another component.
Equals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object.
Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object.
GetHashCode() Serves as the default hash function. Inherited from Object.
GetLifetimeService() Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
GetService(Type) protected Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. Inherited from Component.
GetType() Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object.
InitializeLifetimeService() Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
InitializeNavigation() static Allows you to control end-user navigation.
MemberwiseClone() protected Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object.
MemberwiseClone(Boolean) protected Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
ReferenceEquals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object.
RemoveTile() Unpins a Live Tile from the Windows 8 Start Screen.
ShowLiveTileManager() Opens the Live Tile Manager.
ToString() Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. Inherited from Component.
UpdateBadge(BadgeGlyphTypes) Displays a sign as a Live Tile badge.
UpdateBadge(Int32) Displays an integer value from 0 to 99 as a Live Tile badge.
UpdateTile(WideTile, SquareTile, Boolean) Adds the specific Live Tile content to a queue.
UpdateTile(WideTile, SquareTile) Replaces the current Live Tile content with the new one.

Events

Name Description
Disposed Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose() method. Inherited from Component.
OnNavigated static Occurs each time an end-user clicks a Live Tile on a Start Screen.
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