/// <summary>
/// Creates the a talk window form and show it. Restores talk window
/// contents if configuredto do so. Raises an event indicating the
/// talk window was created. Window creation is done in a separate
/// thread with its own message loop
/// </summary>
private void createAndShowTalkWindow()
{
#if TALKWINDOW_DISPATCHER_THREAD
var viewerThread = new Thread(delegate()
{
if (!_inTalkWindowCreationThread)
{
_inTalkWindowCreationThread = true;
// Create our context, and install it:
SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(
new System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherSynchronizationContext(
System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher));
#endif
IsTalkWindowActive = true;
CreateTalkWindow();
showGlass();
Windows.SetTopMost(_talkWindowForm);
Form form = null;
if (PanelManager.Instance.GetCurrentForm() != null)
{
form = PanelManager.Instance.GetCurrentForm() as Form;
}
if (form != null)
{
SetTalkWindowPosition(PanelManager.Instance.GetCurrentForm() as Form);
}
var talkWindowAgent = Context.AppAgentMgr.GetAgentByName("TalkWindow Agent");
Log.IsNull("Talkwindowagent", talkWindowAgent);
if (talkWindowAgent != null)
{
Context.AppAgentMgr.AddAgent(_talkWindowForm.Handle, talkWindowAgent);
Log.Debug("Added talkwindowagent");
}
Windows.ShowForm(_talkWindowForm);
Windows.ActivateForm(_talkWindowForm);
AuditLog.Audit(new AuditEventTalkWindow("show"));
if (CoreGlobals.AppPreferences.RetainTalkWindowContentsOnHide)
{
_talkWindow.TalkWindowText = _talkWindowText;
}
if (EvtTalkWindowCreated != null)
{
EvtTalkWindowCreated(this, new TalkWindowCreatedEventArgs(_talkWindowForm));
}
#if TALKWINDOW_DISPATCHER_THREAD
System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Run();
Log.Debug("Exited DISPATCHER.RUN");
_inTalkWindowCreationThread = false;
}
});
viewerThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
Log.Debug("Starting thread, _inTalkWindowCreationThread is : " + _inTalkWindowCreationThread);
viewerThread.Start();
#endif
}