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Greetings All,
I'm trying to create a package for my app for the MS Store. The package built correctly but when I ran the Windows App Certification kit I got the following error:
API __CxxFrameHandler4 in vcruntime140_1_app.dll is not supported for this application type. Microsoft.Graphics.Canvas.dll calls this API.
The version of VS2019 I'm using is 16.7.5 and, as far as I can ascertain, the version of the Windows App Certification kit is 10.0.18362.1.
This seems to be a known error with the kit which was supposedly fixed in version 10.0.18999.0 as shown in the following link:
If this error has been fixed in version 10.0.18999.0 where can I download it and will it integrate seamlessly with VS2019?
Also, I've been updating VS2019 every time a new version is released. Why wasn't a new version of the Windows App Certification kit released with VS2019 when it became available?
Kind regards
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Hello Robert,
Thank you for taking time to post this issue in Microsoft Q&A forum.
Where can I download it and will it integrate seamlessly with VS2019?
You can download it from here: Windows 10 SDK or install it from Visual Studio Installer > VS 2019 > Modify > Individual Components > Windows 10 SDK (XXXX).(The latest version of Windows 10 SDK is 10.0.19041.0) To integrate seamlessly with VS2019, I suggest you install it from VS Installer.
Why wasn't a new version of the Windows App Certification kit released with VS2019 when it became available?
The Windows App Certification Kit is included in Windows SDK, it can be installed by installing Windows 10 SDK package or selecting Windows 10 SDK (XXXXX) in the optional components of the Visual Studio 2019 Installer.
For installing from Visual Studio 2019 (VS Installer), the Windows 10 SDK will not automatically be selected and updated when you update Visual Studio. So you need to select one proper version and install it manually.
Sincerely,
Tianyu
Hi Tianyu,
many thanks for your reply. I've updated the Windows 10 SDK, as you instructed and run the Windows App Certification kit (new version 10.0.19041.1) and it completed successfully without reporting the error is did last time. So many thanks for that - I'm going to mark your reply as the answer. What I don't understand is why the Windows 10 SDK isn't updated along with VS2019 when it is necessary - like with the problem I reported.
Also, I may be wrong about this, but there doesn't seem to be anyway of re-running the Windows App Certification kit through VS2019. Using VS2019, it looks like you have to recreate the package each time - which is a bit mad. I ran the Windows App Certification kit by running the appcertui.exe file. I'm not sure if this is the correct way to do it but I couldn't think of another way.
Anyway, thanks once again.
Kind regards,
Robert
Hello Robert,
Thank you for your feedback.
why the Windows 10 SDK isn't updated along with VS2019 when it is necessary.
The Windows 10 SDK is also used for other projects, and provides more versions for choosing will be useful for other developers who want to use the specified version of Windows 10 SDK. But what you mentioned is a good suggestion, and I think the reason may be related to the compatibilities.
It looks like you have to recreate the package each time.
Do you mean the verification will pop up every time the package is recreated? And you want to skip this step and verify the created package directly?
Besides, I'm glad to hear that your issue is resolved, for “running the Windows App Certification kit by running the appcertui.exe file”, yes, it’s the correct way. Running the appcertui.exe file means running the Windows App Certification kit.
Sincerely,
Tianyu
Hi Tianyu,
many thanks for your reply. Regarding the Windows 10 SDK, I just thought that, in my case where there was a known 'bug' with the SDK when it came to creating a package, that the VS2019 update would include the 'Fixed' SDK or, if an SDK update wasn't possible, then a warning displayed alerting me that a separate SDK update would be necessary to correct the error.
As far as I can tell, it looked to me that running the Windows App Certification kit from VS2019 can only done after creating a new version of the package. It seems to be an embedded part of the package creation process and I couldn't see how the Windows App Certification kit could be re- run without recreating a new version of the package.
I know mine was a very unusual scenario and that, normally, to fix package errors a new version would be created. I don't think anyone was expecting there to be a problem with the Windows App Certification kit.
Kind regards,
Robert