Basic desktop-toast sample

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This includes samples for desktop toasts using com activation. The sample demonstrates how a desktop app can display a toast notification and respond to events generated by the user's interaction (or lack of interaction) with the toast.

This sample is provided as-is in order to indicate or demonstrate the functionality of the programming models and feature APIs.

How to use the sample

  1. In the sample window, select View Text Toast. A sample toast notification appears on the screen.
  2. As the user, there are three actions you can take:
    • Touch or select the toast. In a real-world app, this would commonly launch the associated app.
    • Horizontally swipe the toast to dismiss it.
    • Do nothing. The toast will time out.

The action you take displays in the sample window to demonstrate the receipt of the event.

In a real-world situation, your app would respond appropriately to each of these events. Be aware that for a desktop app to be able to display toast notifications, that app must have a shortcut on the Start menu. That shortcut must have an AppUserModelID.

For more information see https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/tiles_and_toasts/2015/10/16/quickstart-handling-toast-activations-from-win32-apps-in-windows-10/

To load the SetupProject.sln, install the WIX tool set from http://wixtoolset.org/releases/.