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override OnStartup in WPF

For some reason I can't get this to work at all. I have read from various sources that I can override OnStartup in a WPF application and it will fire off as the App is created. However, no matter what I do, nothing is happening. Here is the code.

public partial class App : Application
{

    protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
    {
      // My code goes here, but nothing ever happens.

      base.OnStartup(e);
    }
}

Obviously I am missing something. Sadly the MSDN page doesn't offer much insight either. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.application.onstartup.aspx

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT:
It turns out that my problem was a small typo in the namespace. App.xaml.cs had the class defined as 'RTDMyApp.App' and the App.xaml file was referring to it as 'RTD_MYApp.App' At any rate, this fact, combined with the accepted answer below has gotten me back on track.

Solution

  • I think what you really want to do is to subscribe to the Startup event. You can do this in your XAML file:

    <Application ... Startup="Application_Startup">