Here's a [File Access Sample](http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/File-access-sample-d723e597) application from the Windows Store App Dev Center



    Private Async Function LoadWords() As Task
        Dim fileName As String = "WordListComma.txt"
        Dim fileContent As String = ""
        Dim file As StorageFile
        Dim numBytesLoaded As UInt32
        Dim size As UInt64

        file = Await Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation.GetFileAsync(fileName)

        If file Is Nothing Then Throw New Exception(String.Format("Could not find file {0}", fileName))

        Using readStream As IRandomAccessStream = Await file.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read)
            Using dataReader As New DataReader(readStream)
                size = readStream.Size
                If size <= UInt32.MaxValue Then
                    numBytesLoaded = Await dataReader.LoadAsync(CType(size, UInt32))
                    fileContent = dataReader.ReadString(numBytesLoaded)
                End If
            End Using
        End Using

    End Function

Also the `Await` keyword must be used when calling `Async` functions and also can only exist inside of methods that themselves have been decorated with the `Async` keyword, so it needed to get added to the LoadWords() signature.

I have a list of words that I'd like to read into a list of strings.  I'm having some trouble implementing this in a metro app with the `Windows Runtime`

![enter image description here][1]

Normally I'd use the follow code:



    'load text file in to word list
    Using sr As New StreamReader(filePath)
        Do While sr.Peek <> -1
            WordList.Add(sr.ReadLine.Trim)
        Loop
    End Using

I'm trying to use the code from [The right way to Read & Write Files in WinRT](http://blog.jerrynixon.com/2012/06/windows-8-how-to-read-files-in-winrt.html)



    Dim folder = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation
    folder = folder.GetFolderAsync("Data")
    Dim file = folder.GetFileAsync("WordList.txt")
    Dim readFile = Windows.Storage.FileIO.ReadTextAsync(file)

But it gets tripped up on the second line and I wouldn't know what to do with it even if it didn't.  I've killed the `Await` keyword because for some reason it can't see the `Async` attribute on the `GetFolder` method.


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/pNSmt.png

Reading a Text File in WinRT

You'll need to generate this yourself unfortunately, there is no built in property.  Subscribe to the keydown event on the parent control and listen for the enter key to be hit, then execute your event.
   
    if (e.Key == Windows.System.VirtualKey.Enter)
    {
    }


WPF XAML apps have had an [`IsDefault`](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.button.isdefault.aspx) property for buttons so the `Enter` key will click a particular button by default.  How can we do this in a Windows Run Time application?



     <Button Name="SubmitButton" Content="Enter" />

Set IsDefault property to button in XAML/C# WinRT app

You can apply a margin to an item within the ListViewItem itself like below, which will stop the cut off.  Alternatively you could use a ContentTemplate as the second example.

Example 1:



    <ListView>
        <ListViewItem>
            <TextBlock Text="Hello World" Margin="5,0,0,0"/>
        </ListViewItem>
    </ListView>

Example 2:



    <ListView>
        <ListViewItem Content="Hello World!">
            <ListViewItem.ContentTemplate>

                <DataTemplate>
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding}" Margin="5,0,0,0"/>
                </DataTemplate>
                
            </ListViewItem.ContentTemplate>
        </ListViewItem>
    </ListView>

In a `Xaml/C#` `WinRT` application, whenever a `ListViewItem` is selected, the first letter on the left gets chopped off.  How can I prevent this?



    <ListView>
        <ListViewItem Content="Hello World"/>
    </ListView>

**Unselected and Full:**

![Unselected and Full][1]

**Selected and Truncated:**

![Selected and Truncated][2]


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/JkKZa.png
  [2]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/9L9Qy.png