Just make sure you add
If (System.Windows.Application.Current == null)
{
New System.Windows.Application{ShutdownMode = ShutdownMode.Explicit};
}
Without a current application singleton then WPF windows will not work. Also,
if you do not specify shutdown mode then your app will crash the next time a
WPF window is opened. :)
Regards,
Jake Ginnivan
Readify | Developer
M: +61 403 846 400 | C: [email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:28 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: WPF feasibility check
I posted the message below into the WPF forum this morning, but it's quiet as
the grave in there. I'm reposting here in case anyone's awake -- Greg
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Folks (anyone here?), I just want to run an idea past you to make sure it's
feasible before I start any coding.
We have a large VB6 app that tracks manufacturing jobs of various types, now
including glass cutting. The app needs to show a picture preview of a glass
sheet with artistically cut corners of different shapes. Doing this in VB6
would require tedious and delicate drawing. I suggested that we write a COM
visible .NET library that would use WPF to draw the picture and pop it up in a
Form.
I'm sure the COM interop will work and the form will open, as I've seen this
done before. I'm also sure I can draw the glass sheet beautifully in WPF and it
could be zoomed and panned (a 3D rotating version would be even more
eye-popping, but we'll stick to 2D for now). I would have to convert the actual
edge designs into path geometries, which might require graph paper and pencil
and a UI tool to compose the required effect, but you would only do that once
for each corner type and stash it in a library for reuse.
I'm keen to feedback before I make a proof of concept.
Cheers,
Greg
