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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="MainWindow.xaml.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+namespace Microsoft.Samples.Kinect.ColorBasics
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.ComponentModel;
+    using System.Diagnostics;
+    using System.Globalization;
+    using System.IO;
+    using System.Windows;
+    using System.Windows.Media;
+    using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+    using Microsoft.Kinect;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow
+    /// </summary>
+    public partial class MainWindow : Window, INotifyPropertyChanged
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Active Kinect sensor
+        /// </summary>
+        private KinectSensor kinectSensor = null;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reader for color frames
+        /// </summary>
+        private ColorFrameReader colorFrameReader = null;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Bitmap to display
+        /// </summary>
+        private WriteableBitmap colorBitmap = null;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Current status text to display
+        /// </summary>
+        private string statusText = null;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the MainWindow class.
+        /// </summary>
+        public MainWindow()
+        {
+            // get the kinectSensor object
+            this.kinectSensor = KinectSensor.GetDefault();
+
+            sensor1 = kinectSensor.ColorFrameSource.CreateFrameDescription;
+
+            // open the reader for the color frames
+            this.colorFrameReader = this.kinectSensor.ColorFrameSource.OpenReader();
+
+            // wire handler for frame arrival
+            this.colorFrameReader.FrameArrived += this.Reader_ColorFrameArrived;
+
+            // create the colorFrameDescription from the ColorFrameSource using Bgra format
+            FrameDescription colorFrameDescription = this.kinectSensor.ColorFrameSource.CreateFrameDescription(ColorImageFormat.Bgra);
+
+            // create the bitmap to display
+            this.colorBitmap = new WriteableBitmap(colorFrameDescription.Width, colorFrameDescription.Height, 96.0, 96.0, PixelFormats.Bgr32, null);
+
+            // set IsAvailableChanged event notifier
+            this.kinectSensor.IsAvailableChanged += this.Sensor_IsAvailableChanged;
+
+            // open the sensor
+            this.kinectSensor.Open();
+
+            // set the status text
+            this.StatusText = this.kinectSensor.IsAvailable ? Properties.Resources.RunningStatusText
+                                                            : Properties.Resources.NoSensorStatusText;
+
+            // use the window object as the view model in this simple example
+            this.DataContext = this;
+
+            // initialize the components (controls) of the window
+            this.InitializeComponent();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// INotifyPropertyChangedPropertyChanged event to allow window controls to bind to changeable data
+        /// </summary>
+        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the bitmap to display
+        /// </summary>
+        public ImageSource ImageSource
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return this.colorBitmap;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the current status text to display
+        /// </summary>
+        public string StatusText
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return this.statusText;
+            }
+
+            set
+            {
+                if (this.statusText != value)
+                {
+                    this.statusText = value;
+
+                    // notify any bound elements that the text has changed
+                    if (this.PropertyChanged != null)
+                    {
+                        this.PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("StatusText"));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Execute shutdown tasks
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">object sending the event</param>
+        /// <param name="e">event arguments</param>
+        private void MainWindow_Closing(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
+        {
+            if (this.colorFrameReader != null)
+            {
+                // ColorFrameReder is IDisposable
+                this.colorFrameReader.Dispose();
+                this.colorFrameReader = null;
+            }
+
+            if (this.kinectSensor != null)
+            {
+                this.kinectSensor.Close();
+                this.kinectSensor = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Handles the user clicking on the screenshot button
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">object sending the event</param>
+        /// <param name="e">event arguments</param>
+        private void ScreenshotButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            if (this.colorBitmap != null)
+            {
+                // create a png bitmap encoder which knows how to save a .png file
+                BitmapEncoder encoder = new PngBitmapEncoder();
+
+                // create frame from the writable bitmap and add to encoder
+                encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(this.colorBitmap));
+
+                string time = System.DateTime.Now.ToString("hh'-'mm'-'ss", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.DateTimeFormat);
+
+                string myPhotos = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyPictures);
+
+                string path = Path.Combine(myPhotos, "KinectScreenshot-Color-" + time + ".png");
+
+                // write the new file to disk
+                try
+                {
+                    // FileStream is IDisposable
+                    using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create))
+                    {
+                        encoder.Save(fs);
+                    }
+
+                    this.StatusText = string.Format(Properties.Resources.SavedScreenshotStatusTextFormat, path);
+                }
+                catch (IOException)
+                {
+                    this.StatusText = string.Format(Properties.Resources.FailedScreenshotStatusTextFormat, path);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Handles the color frame data arriving from the sensor
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">object sending the event</param>
+        /// <param name="e">event arguments</param>
+        private void Reader_ColorFrameArrived(object sender, ColorFrameArrivedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            // ColorFrame is IDisposable
+            using (ColorFrame colorFrame = e.FrameReference.AcquireFrame())
+            {
+                if (colorFrame != null)
+                {
+                    FrameDescription colorFrameDescription = colorFrame.FrameDescription;
+
+                    using (KinectBuffer colorBuffer = colorFrame.LockRawImageBuffer())
+                    {
+                        this.colorBitmap.Lock();
+
+                        // verify data and write the new color frame data to the display bitmap
+                        if ((colorFrameDescription.Width == this.colorBitmap.PixelWidth) && (colorFrameDescription.Height == this.colorBitmap.PixelHeight))
+                        {
+                            colorFrame.CopyConvertedFrameDataToIntPtr(
+                                this.colorBitmap.BackBuffer,
+                                (uint)(colorFrameDescription.Width * colorFrameDescription.Height * 4),
+                                ColorImageFormat.Bgra);
+
+                            this.colorBitmap.AddDirtyRect(new Int32Rect(0, 0, this.colorBitmap.PixelWidth, this.colorBitmap.PixelHeight));
+                        }
+
+                        this.colorBitmap.Unlock();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Handles the event which the sensor becomes unavailable (E.g. paused, closed, unplugged).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">object sending the event</param>
+        /// <param name="e">event arguments</param>
+        private void Sensor_IsAvailableChanged(object sender, IsAvailableChangedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            // on failure, set the status text
+            this.StatusText = this.kinectSensor.IsAvailable ? Properties.Resources.RunningStatusText
+                                                            : Properties.Resources.SensorNotAvailableStatusText;
+        }
+    }
+}