July 2015
Intermediate to advanced
1300 pages
87h 27m
English
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Windows Forms Interoperability with the WindowsFormsHost Control
The WindowsFormsHost control enables interoperability with the Windows Forms technology and provides a way for hosting Win Forms user controls within a WPF application.
Interoperability Tips
I often answer questions in online forums about WPF, and one of the most common questions is about interoperability between Windows Forms and WPF, especially for developers who are moving their applications to WPF. So many architectural differences exist between the two technologies that interoperability is not a task that I suggest. You should use interoperability only when there is no other way of rewriting a WPF version of a Windows Form control, which is improbable.
To host a Windows ...