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08:35:53 PDT

Question: hello to all...

Answer: Hi Krishna!

08:37:15 PDT

Question: Hello from the Netherlands

Answer: Welcome Dieder!

08:42:55 PDT

Question: This should be a great follow up to yesterdays Live webinar. Thank you MVA Team! These are

so Helpful and "Awesome"

Answer: Been looking forward to today since I saw it on our schedule!

08:43:02 PDT

Question: hello & good day to everyone!

Answer: Hi ROJ!

08:43:14 PDT

Question: Good morning ya'll from Texas!

Answer: Hey Wes!

08:43:23 PDT

Question: Hi when is it going to start ?

Answer: In about 15 minutes

08:43:51 PDT

Question: Good evening from Oslo, Norway.. It's nice to see you again..

Answer: Welcome back!

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08:44:15 PDT

Question: Good morning all!!

Answer: Great to see you Edwidge!

08:45:48 PDT

Question: Good evening from 46°15′42.2″N 15°9′5.46″E

Answer: Kopitar is one of my favorite NHL players!

08:46:08 PDT

Question: Hello from Bulgaria

Answer: Hi Valcho!

08:46:27 PDT

Question: good night from india

Answer: Thanks for staying up late with us!

08:46:44 PDT

Question: Good morning from North Carolina

Answer: Welcome!

08:47:30 PDT

Question: Hello all from Mexico

Answer: Bienvenido!

08:47:41 PDT

Question: hi all

Answer: Hi!

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08:48:43 PDT

Question: Sir , please tell me , that as we have in depth courses on c# , can we have the same for c

language also ? including data structures. ?

Answer: Thanks, it helps us when we get requests! We have a couple coming up on C++

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/liveevents/c-a-general-purpose-language-and-library and

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/liveevents/introduction-to-c-directx-game-development

08:49:22 PDT

Question: It 10:14pm here... Good night [from Kerala,India]

Answer: Welcome Premchand!

08:49:38 PDT

Question: Hello From So Cali, USA

Answer: Good morning!

08:49:47 PDT

Question: Good morning/afternoon

Answer: Great to see you today!

08:49:57 PDT

Question: Hello from Canada

Answer: Hi Davi!

08:50:14 PDT

Question: Evening from Sweden

Answer: Thanks for tuning in!

08:50:29 PDT

Question: Hello from Kyiv, Ukraine! Hope it Jump Start will be great!

Answer: Today will be awesome!

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08:50:43 PDT

Question: hii... I m from INDIA

Answer: Good turnout from India today!

08:56:41 PDT

Question: Good evening from the Netherlands

Answer: Hi Alberto!

08:56:53 PDT

Question: Hi, it's me again

Answer: Great to see you back!

08:57:10 PDT

Question: Good evening and Hello to everyone from Mauritius!

Answer: @Jochen - I had an inkling but checked on Bing maps - very cool to have you.

08:57:16 PDT

Question: Fourth day of MVA classes now, we'll see if we make it til 2 o'clock again tonight

Answer: Extreme training!

08:57:36 PDT

Question: Hi Everyone! Thank you TEACHERS , MICROSOFT , MVA and Event Support Team for this

lesson ! Congratulation !Yesterday was 2 in 1!

Answer: Yesterday was a little wild here

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08:57:45 PDT

Question: The order of modules 6 and 7 in the agenda are different from the pptx, is there any other

changes?

Answer: Jerry and Daren will run through the agenda when they start.

08:58:02 PDT

Question: Hi, all from BH

Answer: Welcome MB

08:58:19 PDT

Question: Good to hear there will be an Q&A at the end.

Answer: See if you can stump Jerry and Daren!

08:59:52 PDT

Question: HELLO FROM LA

Answer: Hi Victor!

09:00:09 PDT

Question: Hi everyone Raj here

Answer: Hi Raj!

09:00:25 PDT

Question: Hello I'm from Nepal,

Answer: Hi Tripleaceable!

09:00:33 PDT

Question: Hey from Ukraine!

Answer: Hi Mike!

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09:01:02 PDT

Question: Will you be sharing PPTX?

Answer: You can download them now from the FAQ

09:01:10 PDT

Question: Hi from Santa Cruz - Bolivia!!!!

Answer: Bienvenido!

09:01:31 PDT

Question: Hi from Israel! 3rd time this week for a long night...

Answer: Thanks for hanging in there with us!

09:02:03 PDT

Question: Hello from Montreal.

Answer: Great to see you today!

09:02:06 PDT

Question: Good morning everyone. Will the same sample application (from the first advanced XAML

Jump Start) be used today?

Answer: Jerry and Daren have fresh code for today

09:02:07 PDT

Question: Hello from Rotterdam

Answer: Welcome!

09:02:41 PDT

Question: Since everyone else is doing it... Hi, from Iowa, United States.

Answer: Thanks for checking in!

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09:03:46 PDT

Question: Responden tambien en español?

Answer: para las preguntas faciles (only for the easy questions)

09:07:06 PDT

Question: What is this course#

Answer: It covers Exam: 70-485

09:07:19 PDT

Question: Hello from UK

Answer: Hi!

09:07:39 PDT

Question: Respondem também em português do Brasil ?

Answer: I can understand the questions but I can't respond

09:17:30 PDT

Question: Hi Ricky, I saw there wasn't any way for Windows Store apps to check power management in

Windows 8.0, but I had hoped it might have been added in Windows 8.1. Bummer. BTW, is there a way I

can send a private message, or is this limited to mods?

Answer: Sorry, we don't have really good private message interface here.

09:37:08 PDT

Question: I need to perform integration and trigo function in the app. how to go about it

Answer: there is a Math class that includes some basics. You can use NuGet to find more advanced math

libraries

09:49:12 PDT

Question: Question for Jerry and Daren: When do you recommend to use Blend or VisualStudio for

animations?

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Answer: Great question Andre! This clip can really help in giving you an idea of when to use Blend.

Typically use it whenever you want to animate controls but it has a lot more features for building

animation and customizing visuals : http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/SlickThought/Three-Reasons-

Developers-Should-Use-Expression-Blend

10:14:19 PDT

Question: Where is Barry by the way?

Answer: We've got another course we are doing today. Barry was bummed he had to work that one

instead. He'd rather be here with y'all!

10:24:40 PDT

Question: Sometimes the speakers are working with valuable codes. Is there a chance to get that as zip

file just like presentation slides. It is not possible for us to stay connected with the live event from

beginning to end due to slow connection or bandwidth problem.

Answer: code will be posted to codeplex

10:42:08 PDT

Question: under what reference we can search the CodePlex to find them?

Answer: jerry will post to: http://xaml.codeplex.com/ (under downloads) after the broadcast

10:46:30 PDT

Question: What cource about behaviours Jerry just metioned?

Answer: Jerry and Unni Ravindranathan did a course a few days ago that will be downloadable in

December. It covers creating a XAML UI using Blend and VS2013

10:47:13 PDT

Question: if i'm a newbie to xaml should i start vs2012 or go wid vs2010 and then upgrade my know-

how...

Answer: you do not need to go back to a previous version of VS

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10:49:40 PDT

Question: Is there a course related to only XAML for the absolute beginners in MVA courses?

Answer: We don't have an absolute beginners course on XAML specifically. I think that the course we

did the other day on Blend and XAML might be a good place for you to start. We should have the

recording available in 2 weeks.

10:51:44 PDT

Question: I would love to have a link about that blend MVA course. I've been very curious about its

ability.

Answer: We'll have the recording in about 2 weeks. Keep an eye for it here

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/Live-Training-Events (scroll down the page to see the

recording links)

10:52:15 PDT

Question: Microsoft .toolbox: http://www.microsoft.com/design/toolbox/,

Answer: Sharing

10:53:33 PDT

Question: Why the long wait for recording(s) availability?

Answer: There are a couple steps. We edit down the video to break it into one hour modules, and we

also have to prepare the self assessment quizzes. There are a few moving parts (and some of our legacy

tools are a bit clunky - hopefully we'll get faster as we replace the old with the new)

10:54:05 PDT

Question: When these recording will we available to download

Answer: In about 2 weeks.

10:56:13 PDT

Question: Barry the best

Answer: I'll let him know you said so

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11:24:49 PDT

Question: How do you change images with localization?

Answer: you can provide localized versions of an image using resource files. This link should help:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/hh965324.aspx

11:43:03 PDT

Question: That 25K...what is it based on? Gross Sales, my net sales, or once Microsoft has received 25K

as its 30%?

Answer: gross sales. see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj193593.aspx

12:33:40 PDT

Question: Its wonderful, how can I watch it again?

Answer: We will have the recording in about 2 weeks on MVA

12:33:47 PDT

Question: Cranking it to 11...

Answer: woo hoo!

12:48:02 PDT

Question: So now we have 'Essentials' and 'Advanced'. Will there be an 'Expert' course (One can dream,

can't one)

Answer: what topics would you want in an Experts course?

12:55:22 PDT

Question: At Build 2013 there was a great session on the ContainerContentChanging event. (see

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2013/3-158) That would be one

Answer: Sharing

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13:18:01 PDT

Question: hey is this session useful for the c# beginerS????

Answer: there are other courses that are better suited to C# beginners, could watch this after...

13:38:18 PDT

Question: Chris, I recommend that training for beginners:

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/c-fundamentals-development-for-absolute-

beginners#?fbid=Gw18fD3WII9

Answer: we will see what we can do for Expert and Beginner

13:40:06 PDT

Question: Is it possible to not have the slider control but make it in such a way to drag on the stars to

have the same effect? thanks...

Answer: yes

14:02:03 PDT

Question: Is there an mva voucher for this course?

Answer: Yes, it's AdvCRefresh

14:17:53 PDT

Question: if so when is it gonna be available?

Answer: should be available early December

14:30:17 PDT

Question: The pptx isn't updated. When it will be?

Answer: for sure when the download is available, could be before

14:39:00 PDT

Question: Will there be similar SDK for google products in future?

Answer: search for "Google SDK" on MSDN to find Google Analytics SDK and others

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15:43:40 PDT

Question: Can this be done for Windows Phone App?

Answer: I've heard that there are Bluetooth printers that you can print to from a phone, but that would

be different than what you are seeing

15:54:31 PDT

Question: Is there a link for the Design program that Jerry used from MSDN?\

Answer: you can find the Design app at: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/eng/#design

15:57:35 PDT

Question: Can Consumables be time limited?

Answer: Consumables cannot be time linited

16:03:04 PDT

Question: Is it bad that I am starting to like the music?

Answer: maybe