Windows Forms and WPF Interop Docs

jgalasyn — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:57:00 GMT

Now that interest in WPF is really heating up, we've been getting more inquiries about WinForms and WPF interop. Fortunately, we have a lot of coverage in the SDK docs, which shipped in November:

Migration and Interoperability

How to: Enable Visual Styles in a Hybrid Application
How to: Host a Windows Presentation Foundation Control in Windows Forms by Using ElementHost
Layout Considerations for the WindowsFormsHost Element
Supported Scenarios in Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Forms Interoperation
Troubleshooting Hybrid Applications
Walkthrough: Arranging Windows Forms Controls in Windows Presentation Foundation
Walkthrough: Binding to Data in Hybrid Applications
Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Composite Control in Windows Presentation Foundation
Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Control in Windows Presentation Foundation
Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Control in Windows Presentation Foundation by Using XAML
Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Presentation Foundation Composite Control in Windows Forms
Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Presentation Foundation Control in Windows Forms
Walkthrough: Hosting an ActiveX Control in Windows Presentation Foundation
Walkthrough: Hosting an ActiveX Control in Windows Presentation Foundation by Using XAML
Walkthrough: Localizing a Hybrid Application
Walkthrough: Manually Adding a Windows Presentation Foundation Element to a Windows Forms Project
Walkthrough: Manually Creating a Windows Presentation Foundation Project Using Visual Studio
Walkthrough: Mapping Properties Using the ElementHost Control
Walkthrough: Mapping Properties Using the WindowsFormsHost Element
Windows Forms and WPF Interoperability Input Architecture
Windows Forms and WPF Property Mapping
Windows Forms Controls and Equivalent WPF Controls

Also, we have lots of sample code:

Arranging Windows Forms Controls in Windows Presentation Foundation Sample
Data Binding in Hybrid Applications Sample
Hosting a Windows Forms Composite Control in Windows Presentation Foundation Sample
Manually Creating a Windows Presentation Foundation Project Sample
Hosting a Windows Presentation Foundation Composite Control in Windows Forms Sample
Localizing a Hybrid Application Sample
Hosting a Windows Forms Control in Windows Presentation Foundation Sample
Enabling Visual Styles in a Hybrid Application Sample
Hosting a Windows Forms Control in Windows Presentation Foundation by Using XAML Sample
Hosting a Simple Windows Presentation Foundation Control in Windows Forms Sample
Hosting an ActiveX Control in Windows Presentation Foundation by Using XAML Sample
Hosting an ActiveX Control in Windows Presentation Foundation Sample
Mapping Properties Using the WindowsFormsHost Element Sample
Mapping Properties Using the ElementHost Control Sample

We have some designer-oriented topics as well, which shipped in Orcas Beta 1. These haven't been published at MSDN yet:

How to: Copy and Paste an ElementHost Control at Design Time
Using Windows Presentation Foundation Controls
Walkthrough: Arranging Windows Presentation Foundation Content on Windows Forms at Design Time
Walkthrough: Assigning Windows Presentation Foundation Content on Windows Forms at Design Time
Walkthrough: Changing Properties of a Hosted Windows Presentation Foundation Element at Design Time
Walkthrough: Copying and Pasting an ElementHost Control into Separate Windows Forms
Walkthrough: Creating New Windows Presentation Foundation Content on Windows Forms at Design Time
Walkthrough: Styling Windows Presentation Foundation Content

Hope you can use them to build some neat hybrid apps.

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