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Common/Auxiliary/DependencyObjectExtensions.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Threading;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Research.DynamicDataDisplay.Common.Auxiliary
+{
+    public static class DependencyObjectExtensions
+    {
+        public static T GetValueSync<T>(this DependencyObject d, DependencyProperty property)
+        {
+            object value = null;
+            d.Dispatcher.Invoke(() => { value = d.GetValue(property); }, DispatcherPriority.Send);
+
+            return (T)value;
+        }
+    }
+}