Creating a window

Windows are the typical top level controls in WPF. By default, a MainWindow class is created by the application wizard and automatically shown upon running the application. In this recipe, we'll take a look at creating and showing other windows that may be required during the lifetime of an application.

Getting ready

Make sure Visual Studio is up and running.

How to do it...

We'll create a new class derived from Window and show it when a button is clicked:

  1. Create a new WPF application named CH05.NewWindows.
  2. Right-click on the project node in Solution explorer, and select Add | Window…:
    How to do it...
  3. In the resulting dialog, type OtherWindow in the ...

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