[DEPRECATED] Application Insights SDK C++ - For UAP apps [DEPRECATED]

Introduction

This document describes how to integrate AppInsights into your projects and the APIs available to you.

Requirements:

This SDK will run on Windows C++ - VS 2015 UAP projects

Download:

1. Download the ApplicationInsightsCpp.zip file.
2. Unzip the folder to a location on your computer (i.e. c:\sdk). The folder contains static libs for debug and release and the *.h files.

Setup:

1. In your project, in both release and debug mode, add the <sdk location>\ApplicationInsights\inc to the project properties -> VC++ Directories -> Include Directories
2. In both release and debug, add AppInsights_Win10-UAP.lib to your project properties -> Link -> input -> additional dependencies
3. In release:
   • add the <sdk location>\ApplicationInsights\lib\ <PLATFORM TYPE>\ release\AppInsights_Win10-UAP to the project properties -> VC++ Directories -> Library Directories
   • add <sdk location>\ApplicationInsights\lib\ <PLATFORM TYPE>\release\ApplicationInsights to project properties -> VC++ Directories -> Library WinRT Directories
4. In debug:
   • add the <sdk location>\ApplicationInsights\lib\ <PLATFORM TYPE>\ debug\AppInsights_Win10-UAP to the project properties -> VC++ Directories -> Library Directories
   • add <sdk location>\ApplicationInsights\lib\ <PLATFORM TYPE>\debug\ApplicationInsights to project properties -> VC++ Directories -> Library WinRT Directories
5. Add ApplicationInsights.winmd as a refernce to your project from <sdk location>\ApplicationInsights\lib\ <PLATFORM TYPE>\ <BUILD TYPE>\ApplicationInsights
6. Add the AppInsights_Win10-UAP.dll from <sdk location>\ApplicationInsights\lib\ <PLATFORM TYPE>\ <BUILD TYPE>\AppInsights_Win10-UAP. Go to properties and set content to YES. This will copy the dll to your build directory.
7. In App.xaml.h:
   • Add ApplicationInsights::CX::SessionTracking^ m_session;
8. In your App.xaml.cpp:

   • add using namespace ApplicationInsights::CX;

   • In App:App()

     // this will do automatic session tracking and automatic page view collection
     m_session = ref new ApplicationInsights::CX::SessionTracking();
     

   • Once you have created the root Frame, (usually at the end of App::OnLaunched) initalize m_session

     String^ iKey = L"<YOUR INSTRUMENTATION KEY>";
     m_session->Initialize(this, rootFrame, iKey);
     

9. To use tracking elsewhere in your application, you can declare an instance of Telemetry client.

   using namespace ApplicationInsights::CX;
   
   TelemetryClient^ tc = ref new TelemetryClient(L"<YOUR INSTRUMENTATION KEY>");
   tc->TrackEvent(L"I'M ON PAGE 1");
   tc->TrackMetric(L"Test Metric", 5.03);
   

APIs

/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TelemetryClient"/> class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="iKey">The iKey.</param>
TelemetryClient(Platform::String^ iKey);

/// <summary>
/// Finalizes an instance of the <see cref="" /> class.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
virtual ~TelemetryClient();

/// <summary>
/// Tracks the event.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="eventName">Name of the event.</param>
void TrackEvent(Platform::String^ eventName);

/// <summary>
/// Tracks the trace.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="message">The message.</param>
void TrackTrace(Platform::String^ message);

/// <summary>
/// Tracks the metric.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name.</param>
/// <param name="value">The value.</param>
void TrackMetric(Platform::String^ name, double value);

/// <summary>
/// Tracks the page view.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pageName">Name of the page.</param>
void TrackPageView(Platform::String^ pageName);

/// <summary>
/// Tracks the page view.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pageName">Name of the page.</param>
/// <param name="duration">The duration.</param>
void TrackPageView(Platform::String^ pageName, Platform::String^ duration);

/// <summary>
/// Tracks the session start.
/// </summary>
void TrackSessionStart();

/// <summary>
/// Flushes this queue.
/// </summary>
void Flush();

/// <summary>
/// Disables all tracking.
/// </summary>
void DisableTracking();

/// <summary>
/// Enables all tracking.
/// </summary>
void EnableTracking();

/// <summary>
/// Renews the session.
/// </summary>
void RenewSession();

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