'How to tell if an app is a Winforms app or WPF app by looking at project properties
When I look at the project properties in Visual Studio for my particular project, there is a field called Output Type which says Windows Application. Does that automatically tell me that it's a WinForms application? I'm trying to find a way to determine right away if the project is a Winforms application. Yes, I can look at the files and determine that by looking at the forms. But I'm wondering if there is a more obvious way to determine that by simply looking at a project's properties.
The other reason I'm asking is because when I look at the project properties of a WPF application, the Output Type is also Windows Application. The way to determine that it's a WPF app is by looking for XAML files. So is there a simpler technique to determine what type of app it is by looking at project properties?
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I do it by using .NET Reflector (it has a 14 Day trial) there i look at the exe and open Refrences and there i can see if it says System.Windows.Forms or not.
Update: Don't use .NET Reflector. Use JetBrains DotPeek its Free and has no trial.
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