Windows 8 RT: Where is System.ComponentModel.Description?

Question

I'm porting code from a Windows 7 project into Windows 8 RT. In the old code, I could including a "using System.ComponentModel;" at the top, then decorate enum items with [Description("MyDescription")]. Any ideas where this exists now? It seems like pretty basic functionality to just throw it away.

Thanks,

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Randy

Answer 1

Hi Randy,

the .NET for Windows Store Apps contains only a subset of the types from the full .NET Framework you've been using in Windows 7. You can still use the full .NET Framework to build e.g. a WPF-app.

If you're building a Windows Store App with C# or VB, you're using the .NET for Windows Store App and the Windows Runtime (WinRT). The .NET for Windows Store App doesn't contain the Description-Attribute. Find all members from System.ComponentModel-Namespace here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh454035%28v=vs.110%29.aspx

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Thomas Claudius Huber

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Answer 2

For more background on what Thomas says see Resources for WPF or Silverlight developers .