Why does Application.Current == null in a WinForms application?

Question

Why does Application.Current come out to null in a WinForms application? How and when is it supposed to be set?

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Answer 1

Based on this other SO question, Application.Current is a WPF feature and not a WinForm feature.

Application.Current Question

There is an MSDN post that shows how to leverage the feature in Winform by adding some references to your code:

you can add a reference to PresentationFramework first:

1.In Solution Explorer, right-click the project node and click Add Reference.

2.In the Add Reference dialog box, select the .NET tab.

3.Select the PresentationFramework, and then click OK.

4.Add "using System.Windows.Shell;" and "using System.Windows;" to your code.