does form.onload exist in wpf?

Question

i would like to run some code onload of a form in wpf. is it possible to do this? im not able to find where to write code for form onload

judging by the responses below it seems like what i am asking is not something that is typically done? i mean in vb.net winforms its super easy you just go to the onload event, but for some reason in c# wpf is very difficult or there's no standard way to do this. can someone please tell me what is the best way to do this?

Answer 1

You can subscribe to the Window's Loaded event and do your work in the event handler:

public MyWindow()
{
  Loaded += MyWindow_Loaded;
}

private void MyWindow_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
  // do work here
}

Alternatively, depending on your scenario, you may be able to do your work in OnInitialized instead. See the Loaded event docs for a discussion of the difference between the two.

Answer 2

Use the Loaded event of the Window. You can configure this in the XAML like below:

<Window x:Class="WpfTest.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Your App" Loaded="Window_Loaded">

Here is what the Window_Loaded event would look like:

private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // do stuff
}