How to set TextBlock properties programmatically using C++/WinRT + WinUI 3 - c++

I've been hiding under the MFC rock for many years so I can stick to standard C++ but still write Windows Desktop apps. With C++/WinRT and WinUI 3.0, it appears that I may finally have an opportunity to modernize my code. The problem is that I know nothing about XAML or the Windows API. To fix this problem, I'm trying to work my way through Petzold's "Programming Windows, 6th ed.", replacing the C# code with C++/WinRT. When all I have to do is write XAML, all is copacetic. However, when I get to p. 24, I'm supposed to adjust TextBlock properties in code. Here's the C#:
TextBlock tb = new TextBlock();
tb.Text = "Hello, Windows 8!";
tb.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Times New Roman");
tb.FontSize = 96;
tb.FontStyle = FontStyle.Italic;
...
and here's my attempt at a replacement:
TextBlock tb;
tb.Text(L"Hello, Windows 8!");
tb.FontFamily(FontFamily(L"Times New Roman"));
tb.FontSize(96);
tb.FontStyle(FontStyle::Italic);
...
All goes well until the last line. "FontStyle::Italic" is not recognized. I have similar issues with the enums for Color and HorizontalAlignment. What is the correct way to access these enums? Have I forgotten an include or a "using"? Here's what I currently have:
#include <winrt/Windows.Foundation.h>
#include <winrt/Windows.Foundation.Collections.h>
#include <winrt/Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.h>
#include <winrt/Microsoft.UI.Composition.h>
#include <winrt/Microsoft.UI.Text.h>
#include <winrt/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.h>
#include <winrt/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.h>
#include <winrt/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.h>
#include <winrt/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Data.h>
#include <winrt/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Interop.h>
#include <winrt/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Markup.h>
#include <winrt/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.h>
#include <winrt/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Navigation.h>
#include <winrt/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Shapes.h>
and
using namespace winrt;
using namespace Microsoft::UI::Text;
using namespace Microsoft::UI::Xaml::Controls;
using namespace Microsoft::UI::Xaml::Controls::Primitives;
using namespace Microsoft::UI::Xaml::Media;
I hope there's a short answer to my long question.

To be sure, you'd need to post a little more detail (like what error message you're getting). But I'll take a guess that perhaps your code is missing a namespace qualifier. I'm just going off the UWP Windows namespace types, not the WinUI Microsoft namespace, but this code builds for me:
#include <winrt/Windows.UI.h>
#include <winrt/Windows.UI.Text.h>
#include <winrt/Windows.UI.Xaml.h>
#include <winrt/Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.h>
#include <winrt/Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.h>
void f()
{
winrt::Windows::UI::Xaml::Controls::TextBlock tb;
tb.Text(L"Hello");
tb.FontFamily(winrt::Windows::UI::Xaml::Media::FontFamily(L"Times New Roman"));
tb.FontSize(96);
tb.FontStyle(winrt::Windows::UI::Text::FontStyle::Italic);
tb.SelectionHighlightColor(winrt::Windows::UI::Xaml::Media::SolidColorBrush(winrt::Windows::UI::Colors::Red()));
tb.HorizontalAlignment(winrt::Windows::UI::Xaml::HorizontalAlignment::Center);
}
As does this:
#include <winrt/Windows.UI.h>
#include <winrt/Windows.UI.Text.h>
#include <winrt/Windows.UI.Xaml.h>
#include <winrt/Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.h>
#include <winrt/Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.h>
using namespace winrt;
using namespace winrt::Windows::UI;
using namespace winrt::Windows::UI::Text;
using namespace winrt::Windows::UI::Xaml;
using namespace winrt::Windows::UI::Xaml::Controls;
using namespace winrt::Windows::UI::Xaml::Media;
void f()
{
TextBlock tb;
tb.Text(L"Hello");
tb.FontFamily(FontFamily(L"Times New Roman"));
tb.FontSize(96);
tb.FontStyle(FontStyle::Italic);
tb.SelectionHighlightColor(SolidColorBrush(Colors::Red()));
tb.HorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment::Center);
}

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std::queue included in precompiled header is not part of namespace std

I have a problem with the inclusion of header "queue" via a precompiled header file in c++ (VS 2019).
My Visual Studio solution consists of two projects, one engine project (static library) and one sandbox project (links the engine project) to test the engine's functionality. The engine project uses a precompiled header file, in which i just included "queue" since i am implementing a message system. Both projects are using C++17.
Visual Studio compiles the engine project without a problem, the sandbox project then throws the following error while compiling:
Error C2039 'queue': is not a member of 'std' (path\to\engine\message_handler.h)
As soon as I include "queue" directly in message_handler.h (see code excerpt), the error vanishes and the project starts up just fine.
I have been using the precompiled header for almost a year now and never had any problems.
Can anyone help me with this?
Following are the relevant excerpts from my code.
Precompiled header:
#pragma once
//memory
#include <memory>
//timing
#include <chrono>
#include <ctime>
//container
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <array>
//string and streams
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
//misc
#include <algorithm>
#include <cstdint>
#include <cmath>
#include <random>
message.h
struct Message
{
Message(){}
uint32_t id_;
};
message_handler.h
#pragma once
//#include <queue> //fixes the issue
#include "message.h"
using UnqPtr = std::unique_ptr<Message>;
class MessageHandler
{
public:
MessageHandler();
private:
static constexpr uint32_t maxMessages_ = 10000;
std::queue<UnqPtr<Message>, std::vector<UnqPtr<Message>>> msqQueue_;
};
message_handler.cpp
#include "trpch.h" //precompiled header
#include "message_handler.h"
MessageHandler::MessageHandler()
{
//reserve space in the underlying vector
std::vector<UnqPtr<Message>> queue;
queue.reserve(maxMessages_);
msqQueue_ = std::queue{queue};
}

code::blocks smart sense / autocomplection not working with namespaces

I'm trying to figure out why I cannot see any hints when calling object constructor. The weird thing is that I don't see it when I'm not using "using namespace ke;" (my namespace), but when I use it everything is fine. This error only affects constructors. I'm using Code::Blocks 17.12
Not working:
//includes
int main()
{
ke::Circle circle_test(/*arguments*/); // no arguments hints
circle_test.setPosition(69, 420); // works fine
// the rest of the code
}
Everything is fine:
//includes
using namespace ke;
int main()
{
Circle circle_test(/*arguments*/);
circle_test.setPosition(69, 420); // works fine too
// the rest of the code
}
Is this because I'm using old code blocks version or I added my files recursively? Or maybe something with constructor declaration?
EDIT
includes:
#include "KEngine/Graphics.hpp"
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <cmath>
KEngine Graphics includes ke::Circle
#include "Objects/Circle.hpp"

Unable to call `SetWallpaper()` due to error LNK2019

Intro
First of all, I would like to say that I have read through the previous answers for this type of question, including this excellently written one.
However, I do not understand enough about C++ to be able to use the more "advanced" fixes.
I have ensured that the right type of console has been selected (Console (/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE) for those interested), and have the required imports with the possible exception of an IDL mentioned somewhere (that falls into the lack of understanding category).
If this is a duplicate, I would be more than happy to use the post I duplicated, but I have not been able to find anything that can help someone of my skill level.
Technical Information
IDE: Visual Studio
Platform: Windows
Code
headers.h
#pragma once
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>
#include <Shobjidl.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <tchar.h>
main.cpp
#include "headers.h"
using namespace std;
int main() {
string x = "C://Users/student/Desktop/i-should-buy-a-boat.jpg";
x.c_str();
wstring tempx = std::wstring(x.begin(), x.end());
LPCWSTR sw = tempx.c_str();
HRESULT SetWallpaper(
LPCWSTR monitorID,
LPCWSTR wallpaper
);
SetWallpaper(NULL, sw);
}
SetWallpaper() is not a standalone function exported by the Win32 API. It is a method of the IDesktopWallpaper interface (see here).
So you need to use code that is more like this instead:
#include "headers.h"
int main()
{
std::wstring x = L"C:\\Users\\student\\Desktop\\i-should-buy-a-boat.jpg";
CoInitialize(NULL);
IDesktopWallpaper *p;
if (SUCCEEDED(CoCreateInstance(__uuidof(DesktopWallpaper), 0, CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER, __uuidof(IDesktopWallpaper), (void**)&p)))
{
p->SetWallpaper(NULL, x.c_str());
p->Release();
}
CoUninitialize();
return 0;
}

LLVM compilation errors on VS 2012

I have built the LLVM using CMake using VS 2012 in keeping with documentation. I am trying to build a toy compiler with flex, bison and LLVM. The final stage of my compiler my main class looks like this:
#include <iostream>
#include "codegen.h"
#include "node.h"
#include "llvm/Target/Targetmachine.h"
using namespace std;
extern int yyparse();
extern NBlock* programBlock;
void createCoreFunctions(CodeGenContext& context);
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
yyparse();
std::cout << programBlock << endl;
InitializeNativeTarget();
CodeGenContext context;
createCoreFunctions(context);
context.generateCode(*programBlock);
context.runCode();
return 0;
}
As stated in my previous post LLVM 3.4 linker errors in VS 2012. To workaround the solution I manually added the x86 files I was missing (taking clue from the errors). I ended up adding the following to the main:
#include "llvm-3.4/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86MCTargetDesc.h"
#include "llvm-3.4/lib/Target/X86/InstPrinter/X86ATTInstPrinter.h"
#include "llvm-3.4/lib/Target/X86/InstPrinter/X86IntelInstPrinter.h"
#include "X86MCAsmInfo.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/Triple.h"
#include "llvm/MC/MCCodeGenInfo.h"
#include "llvm/MC/MCInstrAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/MC/MCInstrInfo.h"
#include "llvm/MC/MCRegisterInfo.h"
#include "llvm/MC/MCStreamer.h"
#include "llvm/MC/MCSubtargetInfo.h"
#include "llvm/MC/MachineLocation.h"
#include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Host.h"
#include "llvm/Support/TargetRegistry.h"
#include "X86GenRegisterInfo.inc"
#include "X86GenInstrInfo.inc"
#include "X86GenSubtargetInfo.inc"
But I noticed that the following are missing from my system:
"X86MCAsmInfo.h"
"X86GenRegisterInfo.inc"
"X86GenInstrInfo.inc"
"X86GenSubtargetInfo.inc"
I looked through the online documentation but I am a beginner on the topic, most of it did not make too much sense to me. I would appreciate if someone could guide me or point me to the right tutorial which gives me a better understanding of what I am doing wrong here.

C++ VS2010 using namespace concurrency; No namespace with that name

I tried to follow the instructions on
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us//library/vstudio/dd728073.aspx
I am using VS2010.
I added the following lines to my CPP file:
#include <windows.h>
#include <ppl.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <random>
using namespace concurrency;
But then the compiler tells me "Error C2871: 'concurrency': No namespace with that name exists.'"
Does anybody see what I did wrong?
Thank you!
Great, in VS2010 it has to be
using namespace Concurrency;
instead.