Integrating WPF in WinForms in VS 2010

Diptimaya Patra

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Rohit Nagare13y ago
Plz check my problem in this.http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Forums/Thread/217311/how-to-solve-the-error-in-wpf-component-on-C-Sharp-windows-forms.aspx
Rohit Nagare13y ago
I am getting error when i drag the wpf component over the windows forms.
Rajaprabhu Raja13y ago
How to perform rowclick event in datagrid?
Shin Cheolmin15y ago
Where does it come from personsList1 Object in btnAdd_Click()??
Vamshi Gireddy15y ago
HI Nice article. Is it possible if we do some action on wpf control & winforms shud have some response ?
Mike Clarke16y ago
I think there is a step missing. After "Now, the most important part, add the project reference of the WPF Application to the Winforms Application." you need to add a reference to the assembly in the Form1.Designer.cs. Also I think the code for the control could be simplified : public partial class PersonList : UserControl { List<Person> PeopleList = new List<Person>(); // Create a people list public PersonList() { InitializeComponent(); } public void SetItemsSource(Person oPerson) { PeopleList.Add(oPerson); lbPerson.ItemsSource = null; lbPerson.ItemsSource = PeopleList; } }
N B16y ago
Hi, Thanks; the article is helpful. I am looking for launching and accessing winform from Silverlight; is it possible? If no, are there any workarounds? I know it is possible to launch an ActiveX from Silverlight. Can you point me to a link that explains the steps required to achieve this? Thanks
Mahesh Chand16y ago
I see it. Must be loading first time.
Mahesh Chand16y ago
Keep up the good work Dipti. Image 2 is missing.

Introduction

In this article we will see how we can integrate WPF User control into Winform application in Visual Studio 2010.

Creating Blank Solution

Fire up Visual Studio 2010 and create a Blank Solution, name the solution as WPF.Winform.Integration.

Let's add a Winform Application and give it a name "WinformSample". As we are integrating WPF into Winforms so make sure this is your start up Project for the solution.

Let's see simplest thing what we can do. We can add two properties of an entity from the Winform to the WPF. So I have designed the following Winform with two text boxes (Name and Contact) and then a Button to add to the UserControl.

To host a WPF User Control, we need a control called "Element Host".

Add one instance of the Element Host into the application. Resize it accordingly.

Now, let's add a WPF Application to the solution, name the project as WPFSample.

Now that we have added the the WPF Application, the following is the solution structure.

Now, the most important part, add the project reference of the WPF Application to the Winforms Application.

The following xaml represents the User Control.

In Winforms design page, if you see the Element Host control, you can find a option fly on the top right corner. Click on that to see the options.

Click on the drop down, and you should see your user control. If you are unable to see the User Control, clean and rebuild your solution one more time.

Select the User Control and it would be added to the Element Host.

Now that we have added the User Control to the Winforms application. Let's write some code that would reflect from Winform application to WPF User Control.

We have to define a class that would represent our Entity, so let's add a class and name it as Person.