How can I close a Silverlight child from the ViewModel?

Question

I have a child window that is used for logging in. Previously, a large portion of the code was in the Window's code behind. I refactored all of it to fit the MVVM model. Which it's all working, except I can't close the child window when it's done.

I've looked into how to accomplish this from the VM, but everything I've tried hasn't ended up working.

Any ideas?

How are you handling opening the window to start with? – Alyce Mar 19 '13 at 00:25 — Alyce, Mar 19 '13 at 00:25

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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Add Finished event to view model. Call OnFinished method when you need to close.

public event EventHandler Finished;
protected void OnFinished()
{
    if (Finished != null)
        Finished(this, new EventArgs());
}

From code behind of child window subscribe to event and actually close the window.

ViewModel.Finished += (s, e) => Close();

How can I close a Silverlight child from the ViewModel?

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