Metro + WRL?

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to create a Metro style app using just WRL and no C++/CX. However, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to do this in the version of Visual Studio that came with the Windows 8 dev preview - the only way I can see that might work is creating a new project, disabling the language extensions and deleting the existing code. But after that I'm not really sure where to start.

If anyone could point me in the right direction it'd be much appreciated. As much as I don't have anything against C++/CX, I'd much prefer to get as close to the metal as possible.

Answer 1

Hello,

You can get help from this thread:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winappswithnativecode/thread/88305c6e-a9cf-4c99-a840-0728a2a12c2e/

And this video
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/TOOL-532T#c634517976543836549

Best regards,
Jesse

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Jesse Jiang [MSFT]
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Answer 2

There's not a lot of guidance for WRL in the Developer Preview. There are some samples which utilize WRL, although it is not the focus of the sample. You can refer to these as well as the reference itself which I'm guessing you located already.

Reference: Windows Runtime C++ Template Library

Talk: GoingNative 2: C++ at BUILD, Windows Runtime Library(WRL), Meet Tarek and Sridhar

Quickstart: A basic DirectX app

Here are some samples which are using WRL to some degree

CoreApplication Sample

DLLserverauthoringsample

Manipulations and gestures C++ sample

MoFx2App Sample

Portable Device API

UI Automation core window provider sample

Thanks,

-David

Answer 3

Thanks for those links guys, that's great help. Looks like there's plenty of material there for me get started with :)