How to add an WPF item in WPF desktop application

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Am working on a WPF application project, so my query is am not able to add a WPF window as a new item because am not seeing any options.

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I tried re-installing the .Net desktop development framework but still, the result was the same.

Posted 15-Nov-22 17:22pm

Santosh Goudappanavar

Updated 15-Nov-22 18:06pm

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-15T18:01:00

Solution 1

Did you right-click your WPF project in Solution Explorer and click Add -> Window?

Posted 15-Nov-22 18:01pm

Dave Kreskowiak

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Santosh Goudappanavar 16-Nov-22 0:25am

@Dave Exactly when I tried doing so, am not seeing any templates by name WPF

Dave Kreskowiak 16-Nov-22 7:37am

That's because your project is not a WPF app project. I don't know what type of project you created, but I would suggest you start over and recreate your project using the WPF desktop app project template.

Graeme_Grant · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-15T18:06:00

Solution 2

On your Menu bar go: Project > Add Window (WPF) or as Dave described above.

Posted 15-Nov-22 18:06pm

Graeme_Grant

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Santosh Goudappanavar 16-Nov-22 0:27am

@Graeme_Grant I tried doing so but I couldn't see any options of WPF when I Right clicked on project>Add item>New item

Graeme_Grant 16-Nov-22 0:56am

Then the project is not a WPF project. Check the Project type. The .csproj file should have

<UseWPF>true</UseWPF>

Santosh Goudappanavar 16-Nov-22 1:22am

@Graeme_Grant The project is a toolkit that was developed on the WPF platform (Xbim Xplorer toolkit).
I tried opening its .csproj but it doesn't have <usewpf>true

Graeme_Grant 16-Nov-22 1:38am

A quick look tells me that the "Xbim Xplorer toolkit" is a third-party library that could be used in your WPF application. It could also be used in a web application. So the Toolkit is not specifically WPF. Your application "can be" a WPF application - that is your choice.

Santosh Goudappanavar 16-Nov-22 1:52am

Ohh is it!! thankyou mate for the quick look. In fact, I am being new to this coding and stuff so apologize for the inappropriate questions. So now can I use it in the WPF template or project to further develop the functionalities?

Santosh Goudappanavar 16-Nov-22 1:57am

And the thing is I cloned this toolkit in visual studio using the WPF project. So now it doesn't have an interface or a startup window, so I was trying to add one. I don't know how I should further move forward