Weekly Planner

This example application demonstrates how to build custom user interface controls for Windows Phone using Microsoft Silverlight.

This example application is hosted in GitHub: https://github.com/Microsoft/weekly-planner-wp

Developed with:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
• Microsoft Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone 2012.

Compatible with:

• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 8

Tested to work on:

• Nokia Lumia 820
• Nokia Lumia 920

Instructions

Make sure you have the following installed:

• Windows 8
• Windows Phone SDK 8.0
• Latest NuGet Package Manager (>2.7.1) from https://nuget.org/ to enable NuGet Package Restore

To build and run the sample:

• Open the SLN file
  • File > Open Project, select the file wpweeklyplanner.sln
• Depending on whether you want to run the WP7 or WP8 version of the application, select either wprestaurantapp_WP7 or wprestaurantapp_WP8 as a StartUp Project.
• Select the target, for example ‘Emulator WVGA’.
• Press F5 to build the project and run it on the Windows Phone Emulator.

To deploy the sample on Windows Phone device:

• See the official documentation for deploying and testing applications on Windows Phone devices at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff402565(v=vs.105).aspx

About the implementation

Important folders:

Folder	Description
/	Contains the project file, the license information and this file (README.md)
wpweeklyplanner_WP7	Root folder for the WP7 implementation files.
wpweeklyplanner_WP8	Root folder for the WP8 implementation files.
wpweeklyplanner_WP7/Content	Graphic files.
wpweeklyplanner_WP7/Properties	WP7 Application property files.
wpweeklyplanner_WP7/SampleData	Application sample data.
wpweeklyplanner_WP7/Themes	Application specific theming.
wpweeklyplanner_WP7/ViewModels	ViewModels of the application.
wpweeklyplanner_WP8/Content	Graphic files.
wpweeklyplanner_WP8/Properties	WP8 Application property files.

Important files:

File	Description
MainPage.xaml.cs	Class responsible for displaying the pivot view of the application.
WeeklyGrid.cs	Custom control based on System.Windows.Controls.Control. Describes the view of a single day.
EventViewModel.cs	View model class describing a single event saved by the user.
MainViewModel.cs	View model class responsible for loading event data from disk and maintaining clipboard.
WeeklyEvent.cs	Custom control based on System.Windows.Controls.Button that visualises a single event saved by the user in the grid of a single day.

Known issues

No known issues.

License

See the license file delivered with this project. The license is also available online at https://github.com/Microsoft/weekly-planner-wp/blob/master/License.txt

Version history

• 1.3.0 Add support for 720p resolution and NuGet package restore.
• 1.2.0 Bug fixes and changes based on reviews
• 1.1.0 Bug fixes and changes based on reviews; published on the Nokia Developer website.
• 1.0.1 Support for Windows Phone OS version 7.1
• 1.0.0 First version.