How do I open a window on a new thread?

Question

I have a options window and a window that displays color based on these options and Kinect data. So far everything\'s on one thread (as far as I know; I haven\'t done any thread

Answer 1

I am not sure if this will solve your problem but can you try creating a thread proc (to open a viewer window) which is executed on a different thread and then have a dispatcher.beginInvoke to update the main window ,

Here is some code-

    in the constructor register this
    public MainWindow()
    { 
       UpdateColorDelegate += UpdateColorMethod;
    } 

    // delegate and event to update color on mainwindow 
    public delegate void UpdateColorDelegate(string colorname);
    public event UpdateColorDelegate updateMainWindow;

    // launches a thread to show viewer
    private void launchViewerThread_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        Thread t = new Thread(this.ThreadProc);
        t.Start();
    }

    // thread proc
    public void ThreadProc()
    {
       // code for viewer window
       ...
       // if you want to access any main window elements then just call DispatchToMainThread method
       DispatchToUiThread(color);   
    } 

    // 
    private void DispatchToUiThread(string color)
    {
      if (updateMainWindow != null)
      {
        object[] param = new object[1] { color};
        Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(updateMainWindow, param);
      }
    }

    // update the mainwindow control's from this method
    private void UpdateColorMethod(string colorName)
    {
       // change control or do whatever with main window controls
    } 

With this you can update the main window controls without freezing it, Let me know if you have any questions