How to get a static reference to a WPF Window?

Question

I\'ve tried a huge amount of ways to get a static reference of my window across my program. I need to access all of its members at runtime from different classes, so a stati

Answer 1

I have used this with success. Declare a static variable of the window type. Then in the constructor of the window set the static variable to "this". I have used it throughout the app and it seems to be working fine from within static or instance methods.

    public static MainWindow screenMain = null;
    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        screenMain = this;  //static reference to this.

    }

For instance I am able to do this.

    private delegate void del();
    ....
    screenMain.Dispatcher.Invoke(new del(delegate()
    {
        screenMain.ButtonSubmit.IsEnabled = true;
        screenMain.ButtonPreClearing.IsEnabled = true;
    }));