Application Class |
Starting point for any UI application
Inheritance HierarchyNamespace: Eto.Forms
Assembly: Eto (in Eto.dll) Version: 2.5.3-dev
SyntaxThe Application type exposes the following members.
Constructors| Name | Description | |
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 | Application |
Initializes a new instance of the Application class.
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| Application(String) |
Initializes a new instance of the Application class with the specified platform type
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| Application(Platform) |
Initializes a new instance of the Application class with the specified platform
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Properties| Name | Description | |
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 | AlternateModifier |
Gets the alternate modifier for shortcuts.
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| BadgeLabel |
Gets or sets the badge label on the application icon in the dock, taskbar, etc.
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| CommonModifier |
Gets the common modifier for shortcuts.
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 | Instance |
Gets the current application instance
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| MainForm |
Gets or sets the main form for your application.
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| Name |
Gets or sets the name of your application
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| QuitIsSupported |
Gets a value indicating whether this Application supports the Quit operation.
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| Windows |
Gets an enumeration of windows currently open in the application.
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Methods| Name | Description | |
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| AsyncInvoke |
Invoke the action asynchronously on the UI thread
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| Attach |
Attach the application to an already-running native application with the same platform.
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 | GetCallback |
Gets an instance of an object used to perform callbacks to the widget from handler implementations
(Overrides WidgetGetCallback.) |
| Invoke(Action) |
Invoke the specified action on the UI thread, blocking the current execution until it is complete.
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| InvokeT(FuncT) |
Invoke the specified function on the UI thread returning its value after the execution is complete.
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| InvokeAsync(Action) |
Invokes the specified action on the UI thread asynchronously with a Task.
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| InvokeAsyncT(FuncT) |
Invokes the specified function on the UI thread asynchronously and return the result in a Task.
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| Localize |
Localizes the specified text for the current locale, or provide alternative text for system supplied strings.
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| OnInitialized |
Raises the Initialized event.
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| OnLocalizeString |
Triggers the LocalizeString event.
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| OnNotificationActivated |
Raises the NotificationActivated event
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| OnTerminating |
Raises the Terminating event.
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| OnUnhandledException |
Raises the unhandled exception event.
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| Open |
Open the specified file or url with its associated application.
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| Quit |
Quits the application
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| Restart |
Restarts the application
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| Run |
Runs the application and begins the main loop.
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| Run(Dialog) |
Runs the application with the specified dialog and begins the main loop.
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| Run(Form) |
Runs the application with the specified mainForm and begins the main loop.
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| RunIteration |
Advanced. Runs an iteration of the main UI loop when you are blocking the UI thread with logic.
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Events| Name | Description | |
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 | Initialized |
Occurs when the application is initialized
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| LocalizeString |
Event to handle when a string needs to be localized
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| NotificationActivated |
Occurs when a notification is clicked by the user that was previously displayed.
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| Terminating |
Occurs when the application is terminating.
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| UnhandledException |
Occurs when an unhandled exception occcurs.
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Fields| Name | Description | |
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 | NotificationActivatedEvent |
Identifier for handlers when attaching the NotificationActivated event
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| TerminatingEvent |
Identifier for handlers when attaching the Terminating event
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| UnhandledExceptionEvent |
Identifier for handlers when attaching the UnhandledException event
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Remarks
This class is used to start an application.
When you are using Eto.Forms within an existing application, you can use the Attach(Object) method.
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