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Konstantin Dinev
Konstantin Dinev

Reputation: 34895

How to create a custom framework package for WinJS (WinRT)

The project templates for Visual Studio 2012 contain a reference package with javascript, localization files and styles.

WinJS Framework Reference

What I am wondering is how to build a custom reference package with my code, locales and styles. There is absolutely no information about this on the web, I tried referring to MSDN, but it did not give me any clue as to how I can do this. Please share any useful information that you may have about this.

It turns out Microsoft do have documentation on Extension SDKs.

Update:

I actually managed to get the reference/framework package. It all works really well except when opening Expression Blend with my package referenced. Notice the reference is there and I can actually see all components and their description but I'm still getting an error in the design surface. Here is what the error looks like (I know, it's very descriptive): Expression blend with custom framework referenced

Update:

When trying to deploy an app referencing the framework package I have created I being given an error saying that it cannot find my framework but instead finds some framework with trailing symbols that I did not put there while packaging it. It appends the processor architecture as well as the package family name trailing symbols. Here's a screenshot:

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Upvotes: 2

Views: 407

Answers (1)

Dominic Hopton
Dominic Hopton

Reputation: 7292

The item you are looking at is a "Framework Package". While it is possible for you to generate a package that looks like a framework package (look at the appxmanifest.xml for the WinJS package in \Program Files\WindowsApps), you cannot get that package ingested into the store.

This is something that is not supported in Win8 -- you'll need to include the files you need in each package you build.

Upvotes: 1

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