WPF - Hosting Window Form Controls in WPF

Step 1:


Create a New Project and select WPF Application Template and give the name as WinControl_WPF.


Step 2:


Go to the Solution Explorer, Right Click on references menu item and then click Add Reference context menu item.


Step 3:


Select .Net Tab and add Two Assembly.


1. WindowsFormsIntegration
2. System.Windows.Forms


Step 4:


Go to the ControlBox, in Control section select the WindowsFormsHost Control and drag and drop control in WPF Window or you can add these lines in XAML Code into XAML editor.

   1:  <WindowsFormsHost Height="100" Name="WindowTextBox" VerticalAlignment="Top" >

   2:             

   3:          </WindowsFormsHost>

Step 5:



In Window tag add this following attribute.

   1:  xmlns:wf="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Forms;assembly=System.Windows.Forms"

it is look like this:

   1:  <Window x:Class="WinControl_WPF.Window1"

   2:      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

   3:      xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

   4:      xmlns:wf="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Forms;assembly=System.Windows.Forms"

   5:      Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300" Loaded="Window_Loaded">

   6:      <Grid>

   7:   

   8:          <WindowsFormsHost Height="100" Name="WindowTextBox" VerticalAlignment="Top" >

   9:             

  10:          </WindowsFormsHost>

  11:          

  12:   

  13:      </Grid>

  14:  </Window>

Step 6:



In windowFormsHost Tag add a window controls,it’s look like this:

   1:  <WindowsFormsHost Height="23" Name="WindowTextBox" VerticalAlignment="Top">

   2:              <wf:TextBox x:Name="txtTitle"></wf:TextBox>

   3:  </WindowsFormsHost>

you can add another control like example Button

   1:  <WindowsFormsHost Name="WindowButton" Height="30">

   2:              <wf:Button Name="btnOk" Text="OK"></wf:Button>

   3:  </WindowsFormsHost>

Finally it’s look like this:



XAML CODE:

   1:  <Window x:Class="WinControl_WPF.Window1"

   2:      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

   3:      xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

   4:      xmlns:wf="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Forms;assembly=System.Windows.Forms"

   5:      Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">

   6:      <Grid>

   7:   

   8:  <WindowsFormsHost Height="23" Name="WindowTextBox" VerticalAlignment="Top">

   9:              <wf:TextBox x:Name="txtTitle"></wf:TextBox>

  10:          </WindowsFormsHost>

  11:          

  12:  <WindowsFormsHost Name="WindowButton" Height="30">

  13:              <wf:Button x:Name="btnOk" Text="OK" Click="Button_Click"></wf:Button>

  14:          </WindowsFormsHost>

  15:   

  16:      </Grid>

  17:  </Window>

Step 7:



If you want add button Click event add the following attribute.

find the click event and select the <New Event Handler> enum,it will be automatically create event in code behind.

   1:  <WindowsFormsHost Name="WindowButton" Height="30">

   2:              <wf:Button x:Name="btnOk" Text="OK" Click="Button_Click"></wf:Button>

   3:          </WindowsFormsHost>

Go to the Code behind add the code in button click event

   1:          private void Button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

   2:          {

   3:              try

   4:              {

   5:                  System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(txtTitle.Text.Trim());

   6:              }

   7:              catch (Exception ex)

   8:              {

   9:                  System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);

  10:              }

  11:          }

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