#610 – Application Event Sequence

The sequence of events for an application’s main Application object that are fired are as follows (all events listed in the order that they fire):

When you start the application:

• Startup
• Activated

When you shut the application down normally (i.e. close main window):

• Deactivated
• Exit

If the application experiences an unhandled exception:

• DispatcherUnhandledException

If user is logging out of or shutting down Windows:

• Deactivated
• SessionEnding

Application gets focus:

• Activated

Application loses focus:

• Deactivated