public static InfoWindow Create(string title, string text, string image_url, string action_name, Action action, string sound_file = null, Brush box_brush = null, Brush button_brush = null)
{
InfoWindow w = null;
if (text.Length > Settings.View.InfoToastMaxTextLength)
{
text = text.Remove(Settings.View.InfoToastMaxTextLength, text.Length - Settings.View.InfoToastMaxTextLength) + "<...>";
}
Action a = () =>
{
w = new InfoWindow(title, text, image_url, action_name, action);
w.SetAppearance(box_brush, button_brush);
WindowInteropHelper h = new WindowInteropHelper(w);
h.EnsureHandle();
w.Show();
ThreadRoutines.StartTry(() =>
{
Thread.Sleep(Settings.View.InfoToastLifeTimeInSecs * 1000);
w.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke((Action)(() => { w.Close(); }));
});
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sound_file))
{
sound_file = Settings.View.InfoSoundFile;
}
sound_file = PathRoutines.GetAbsolutePath(sound_file);
SoundPlayer sp = new SoundPlayer(sound_file);
sp.Play();
};
lock (ws)
{
if (dispatcher == null)
{//!!!the following code does not work in static constructor because creates a deadlock!!!
dispatcher_t = ThreadRoutines.StartTry(() =>
{
if (invisible_owner_w == null)
{//this window is used to hide notification windows from Alt+Tab panel
invisible_owner_w = new Window();
invisible_owner_w.Width = 0;
invisible_owner_w.Height = 0;
invisible_owner_w.WindowStyle = WindowStyle.ToolWindow;
invisible_owner_w.ShowInTaskbar = false;
invisible_owner_w.Show();
invisible_owner_w.Hide();
}
if (dispatcher == null)
{
//dispatcher = System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher;
dispatcher = System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.FromThread(Thread.CurrentThread);
System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Run();
}
}, null, null, true, ApartmentState.STA);
if (!SleepRoutines.WaitForCondition(() => { return(dispatcher != null); }, 3000))
{
throw new Exception("Could not get dispatcher.");
}
}
}
dispatcher.Invoke(a);
return(w);
}