Home/ Questions/Q 8890443
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-06-14T22:30:11+00:00

In a few Windows 8 App code samples I’ve seen code blocks encapsulated by

  • 0

In a few Windows 8 App code samples I’ve seen code blocks encapsulated by these preprocessor instructions

#if !WINRT_NOT_PRESENT
#endif

Is WinRT not always present in Windows 8 Store apps?

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    This is used by Microsoft’s NotificationsExtensions library. You need to specify this build symbol if you want to use ASP.NET to send push notifications to Windows Push Notification Services (WNS).

    From Quickstart: Using the NotificationsExtensions library in your code (Windows):

    You can also use NotificationsExtensions in your app server code if you are using ASP.NET to send push notifications to Windows Push Notification Services (WNS). The only caveat is that you must add the WINRT_NOT_PRESENT compilation build symbol in the NotificationsExtensions project properties.

    • 0