[IronPython] WPF Window vs. Application

[Lukáš Duběda]

Thank you very much! I'll dig into this and see
if I can make it work in my scenario.

Thanks again, cheers,

Lukáš Duběda
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Lukas Cenovsky wrote:
> Check IronPython-2.6\Tutorial\avalon.py.
> 
> -- 
> -- Lukáš
> 
> 
> Lukáš Duběda wrote:
>> Hmm, that's what I'm afraid of. Never done any threaded app
>> so far.
>>
>> Could you, please, give me a hint as to how to set this up
>> so that the Application() runs from within the host app
>> without problems, i.e. as if it was just a host app's Window.
>>
>> Thanks a lot, I appretiate it.
>>
>> Lukáš Duběda
>> Director
>> [T] +420 602 444 164
>>
>> duber studio(tm)
>> [M] info at duber.cz
>> [W] http://www.duber.cz
>>
>> [A] R.A.Dvorského 601, Praha 10
>> [A] 10900, Czech Republic, Europe
>>
>> Lukas Cenovsky wrote:
>>> Lukáš Duběda wrote:
>>>> Hi there everybody.
>>>>
>>>> I have yet another question.
>>>>
>>>> This time, since I'm trying to strictly use WPF for my GUI
>>>> etc... and what I do here is I host IronPython within another
>>>> application that calls it and IPy serves the GUI and
>>>> program logic, I bumped into a problem when calling the
>>>>
>>>> Application().Run(LoadedXaml)
>>>>
>>>> The problem seems to be that the app runs in its own thread
>>>> separately from the host app and thus doesn't communicate
>>>> with the host app, until I close the Application (then
>>>> it performs the last task I wanted it to).
>>>>
>>>> So, I was thinking, since I already have most of the gory
>>>> Application stuff already up and running, courtesy of the
>>>> host app, is there a way to actually only use WPF to
>>>> display the GUI and have the program logic taken care of by
>>>> IPy? Such as WinForms provides using the Window.Show()
>>>> method.
>>>>
>>>> A friend of mine suggested if I could change the Data Type
>>>> of the XamlReader.Load... object to a Window object. I don't
>>>> know C#, but he suggested this:
>>>>
>>>> Window myWindow;
>>>> object result = XamlReader.Load( source );
>>>> myWindow = (Window)result;
>>>> myWindow.Show();
>>>>
>>>> Is this somehow achieveable via IPy scripting or directly in
>>>> the Xaml? Or somehow else?
>>>
>>> I doubt this would work - WinForms Window is not the same as WPF 
>>> Window. I think you have to run you WPF app in background STA thread 
>>> to be able to control in from the main thread.
>>>
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