WPF GUI using XamlReader

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WPF GUI using XamlReader

In this example, we specify the layout using XAML (which is just an XML dialect). Then we convert the XAML string to a WPF Window object using the XamlReader class.

This example can run in Python.NET as well.

import sys
if 'win' in sys.platform:
    import pythoncom
    pythoncom.CoInitialize()
    
import clr
clr.AddReference("System.Xml")
clr.AddReference("PresentationFramework, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35")
clr.AddReference("PresentationCore, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35")
from System.IO import StringReader
from System.Xml import XmlReader
from System.Windows.Markup import XamlReader, XamlWriter
from System.Windows import Window, Application

xaml = """
<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        Title="XamlReader Example" Width="300" Height="200">
    <StackPanel Margin="5">
        <Button Margin="5">One</Button>
        <Button Margin="5">Two</Button>
        <Button Margin="5">Three</Button>
    </StackPanel>
</Window>
"""
xr = XmlReader.Create(StringReader(xaml))
win = XamlReader.Load(xr)

Application().Run(win)

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