Open window application from another

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I am developing window application I have requirement to open and use another window application in the form of developing one how to achieve this

Rajanikant Hawaldar · Answer

Hello Patel, Added panel inside the form and opening another app inside panel. using System; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; //using System.Threading; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace RunAnotherAppWithinMyApp { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } [DllImport( "user32.dll" )] static extern IntPtr SetParent(IntPtr hWndChild, IntPtr hWndNewParent); private void button1_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) { Process p = Process.Start( "notepad.exe" ); //Thread.Sleep(200); // Allow the process to open it's window p.WaitForInputIdle(); // Allow the process to open it's window SetParent(p.MainWindowHandle, panel1.Handle); } } } Below is designer code: namespace RunAnotherAppWithinMyApp { partial class Form1 { /// /// Required designer variable. /// private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null ; /// /// Clean up any resources being used. /// /// true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false. protected override void Dispose( bool disposing) { if (disposing && (components != null )) { components.Dispose(); } base .Dispose(disposing); } #region Windows Form Designer generated code /// /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify /// the contents of this method with the code editor. /// private void InitializeComponent() { this .button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button(); this .panel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel(); this .SuspendLayout(); // // button1 // this .button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(23, 12); this .button1.Name = "button1" ; this .button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(220, 34); this .button1.TabIndex = 0; this .button1.Text = "Open Another App" ; this .button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true ; this .button1.Click += new System.EventHandler( this .button1_Click); // // panel1 // this .panel1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(23, 52); this .panel1.Name = "panel1" ; this .panel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(751, 386); this .panel1.TabIndex = 1; // // Form1 // this .AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(10F, 25F); this .AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font; this .ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(800, 450); this .Controls.Add( this .panel1); this .Controls.Add( this .button1); this .Name = "Form1" ; this .Text = "Form1" ; this .ResumeLayout( false ); } #endregion private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1; private System.Windows.Forms.Panel panel1; } }

Open window application from another

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