Pro WPF in C# 2010: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 4

7.2. Application Tasks

Now that you understand how the Application object fits into a WPF application, you're ready to take a look at how you can apply it to a few common scenarios. In the following sections, you'll consider how you can show a splash screen, process command-line arguments, support interaction between windows, add document tracking, and create a single-instance application.

NOTE

The following sections work perfectly well for ordinary window-based WPF applications, but don't apply to browser-based WPF applications (XBAPs), which are discussed in Chapter 24. XBAPs have a built-in browser splash screen, can't receive command-line arguments, don't use multiple windows, and don't make sense as single-instance applications.

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