How do you determine if WPF is using Hardware or Software Rendering?

Question

I\'m benchmarking a WPF application on various platforms and I need an easy way to determine if WPF is using hardware or software rendering.

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Answer 1

.NET 4.0 provides the ability to force software rendering in code:

public partial class App : Application 
{    
    protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)    
    {         
        if (WeThinkWeShouldRenderInSoftware())            
            RenderOptions.ProcessRenderMode = RenderMode.SoftwareOnly;    
    }
}

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