/// <summary>
/// Spawns a new virtual macro board with a given <paramref name="keyLayout"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="keyLayout"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IMacroBoard SpawnVirtualBoard(IKeyPositionCollection keyLayout)
{
VirtualBoardViewModel boardViewModel = null;
VirtualBoardWindow boardWindow = null;
Exception exceptionWasThrown = null;
using (var waitForBoardWindow = new ManualResetEvent(false))
{
var uiThread = new Thread(() =>
{
try
{
boardViewModel = new VirtualBoardViewModel(keyLayout);
boardWindow = new VirtualBoardWindow(boardViewModel);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
exceptionWasThrown = ex;
return;
}
finally
{
waitForBoardWindow.Set();
}
boardWindow.Show();
Dispatcher.Run();
})
{
IsBackground = true
};
uiThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
uiThread.Start();
waitForBoardWindow.WaitOne();
if (exceptionWasThrown != null)
{
throw exceptionWasThrown;
}
return(boardViewModel);
}
}
private void UpdateModelProperty()
{
var newModel = DataContext as VirtualBoardViewModel;
if (ReferenceEquals(newModel, model))
{
return;
}
if (!(model is null))
{
model.PropertyChanged -= Model_PropertyChanged;
}
if (!(newModel is null))
{
newModel.PropertyChanged += Model_PropertyChanged;
}
model = newModel;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates an instance of <see cref="VirtualBoardWindow"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="viewModel"></param>
internal VirtualBoardWindow(VirtualBoardViewModel viewModel)
{
InitializeComponent();
this.DataContext = viewModel;
}