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NomadicDeveloper
NomadicDeveloper

Reputation: 889

Error Attempting to Call a WPF Form From Console App

I have a console Application and I need to occasionally launch a WPF form depending on the parameters. I and trying the following:

if (arg == "/C")
{
    System.Windows.Application application = new System.Windows.Application();
    application.Run(new EJConfig.MainWindow());
}

The problem is that when I go to add a reference to System.Windows, it doesn't show up in the list of .NET components, and without it I get the following error:

The type or namespace name 'Windows' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

Upvotes: 2

Views: 610

Answers (3)

Rondel
Rondel

Reputation: 4951

Have you tried adding:

using System.Windows;

To the top of the c# file? You may also need these assemblies:

Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)

Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll

Check it out here

Upvotes: 3

yas4891
yas4891

Reputation: 4862

you need to add the PresentationFramework and PresentationCore assemblies to your project.

The System.Windows.Application class is located in the PresentationFramework assembly, but you'll also need PresentationCore for it to work.

source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.application.aspx

Upvotes: 3

Jason Meckley
Jason Meckley

Reputation: 7591

You are probably missing additional references besides System.Windows. I don't know which are required. You could find out by creating a default application and check the references listed.

Upvotes: 1

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