Application.Properties Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets a collection of application-scope properties.

C#

public System.Collections.IDictionary Properties { get; }

Property Value

IDictionary

An IDictionary that contains the application-scope properties.

Examples

The following example shows how create and use an application-scope property using Properties.

XAML

<Application x:Class="CSharp.App"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml"
    Startup="App_Startup"
    >
</Application>

C#

using System;
using System.Windows;

namespace CSharp
{
    public partial class App : Application
    {
        void App_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
        {
            // Parse command line arguments for "/SafeMode"
            this.Properties["SafeMode"] = false;
            for (int i = 0; i != e.Args.Length; ++i)
            {
                if (e.Args[i].ToLower() == "/safemode")
                {
                    this.Properties["SafeMode"] = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

XAML

<Window x:Class="CSharp.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Loaded="MainWindow_Loaded"
    >
  <Grid>

XAML

  </Grid>
</Window>

C#

using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;

namespace CSharp
{
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        void MainWindow_Loaded(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Check for safe mode
            if ((bool)Application.Current.Properties["SafeMode"])
            {
                this.Title += " [SafeMode]";
            }
        }
    }
}

Remarks

Application exposes a dictionary via Properties which you can use to store application-scope properties. This allows you to share state amongst all code in an AppDomain in a thread-safe fashion, without the need to write your own state code.

Properties stored in Properties must be converted to the appropriate type returned.

The Properties property is thread safe and is available from any thread.

Applies to

See also

• Startup