Could WPF on .net core have `Program.Main`?

[John0King]

AFAIK App.Xaml hide the entry-point in WPF .
Could the template of WPF always has the Program.Main entry-point ?

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var app = new MyApp.App();
    //app.InitializeComponent();  call this in App's constructor
    app.Run();
}

this will let developer know how Xaml app start, and customize app start easily (control start as command line app or UI app).

[karelz]

@John0King is that something that exists on WPF for .NET Framework?
BTW: This repo tracks only work for porting WPF to .NET Core. We are not set up yet to track feature requests that are beyond parity with WPF on .NET Framework.

cc @fabiant3 @diverdan92 (to correct me if I am wrong)

[rido-min]

@John0King you can always use your custom entry point to start a WPF app:

1. Remove the StartupUri from App.xaml
2. Add the next Program.cs file

[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
    App a = new App();
    a.StartupUri = new Uri("/MainWindow.xaml", UriKind.Relative);
    a.Run();
}

3. Change the project startup in your csproj

 <StartupObject>MyWpfApp.Program</StartupObject>`

Is this a request to change the default template?

[John0King]

I simply want App.Xaml not generate the Entry-point , just put the Entry-point in App.Xmal.cs with the default wpf template

[karelz]

@John0King please file your question on WPF repo: https://github.com/dotnet/wpf

[thomasclaudiushuber]

I just want to add here that you can control whether an entrypoint is generated or not with the App.xaml's Build Action. It's ApplicationDefinition by default, which will generate the Main-method. If you set it to Page, you won't get a Main method and you can implement your own file.

As linked above by @John0King: Discussion continued on dotnet/wpf#192