Hi Everyone. I had to give up on my plan to sell through the Microsoft Store. The process is very cumbersome and expensive. I'm developing on Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials. Server OSs don't support the MS Store, so I could not download the Desktop Converter (free), and apparently it only works with 32bit apps anyway. I tried using Visual Studio but it timed out, and I'm supposed to buy a paid-for copy now. If VS worked, I would have had to get the Desktop Bridge, but you need approval for that, and I am still waiting for approval. (Couple days now). There is a $US399 Advanced Converter which I don't want to pay for... especially since I'm not sure if my app will sell even one single copy and I'm only charging $CDN18 for it. I think, unless it's for games, MS makes money off the "hopeful" devs just as much as it makes off the 30% commission they charge. I just gave up bc they want you "move" you AWAY from writing native OS 64b apps to .Net or C++ or some other thing they can stick in an interpretation layer for to make it a Universal Windows App so it runs on every device. I DON'T NEED THAT. My apps ONLY run on MS desktop. I don't build games. If I need something for the tablet or phone I use Delphi (now Lazarus) and something like IntraWeb, or I write the app in ScriptCase or some other HTML dev tool. So so simple and yet MS is trying to "out Java Java". (But UWAs only still run on Microsoft devs, so Java still beats MS, bc Java runs on anything... and I hate Java). So I have to stick with Lazarus, FPC and sell my stuff on my own. I'm in contact with FastSpring, but I'm not sure what all they can do for me either. Thanks for the responses you guys and gals gave.
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