Loading a WPF Window without showing it

Question

I create a global hot key to show a window by PInvoking RegisterHotKey(). But to do this I need that window\'s HWND, which doesn\'t exist until the

Answer 1

The WindowInteropHelper class should allow you to get the HWND for the WPF window.

MyWindow win = new MyWindow();
WindowInteropHelper helper = new WindowInteropHelper(win);

IntPtr hwnd = helper.Handle;

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