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Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Control in WPF by Using XAML
[!INCLUDETLA2#tla_winclient] provides many controls with a rich feature set. However, you may sometimes want to use Windows Forms controls on your [!INCLUDETLA2#tla_winclient] pages. For example, you may have a substantial investment in existing Windows Forms controls, or you may have a Windows Forms control that provides unique functionality.
This walkthrough shows you how to host a Windows Forms xref:System.Windows.Forms.MaskedTextBox?displayProperty=nameWithType control on a [!INCLUDETLA2#tla_winclient] page by using [!INCLUDETLA2#tla_xaml].
For a complete code listing of the tasks shown in this walkthrough, see Hosting a Windows Forms Control in WPF by Using XAML Sample.
Prerequisites
You need Visual Studio to complete this walkthrough.
Hosting the Windows Forms Control
To host the MaskedTextBox control
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Create a WPF Application project named
HostingWfInWpfWithXaml. -
Add references to the following assemblies.
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WindowsFormsIntegration
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System.Windows.Forms
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Open MainWindow.xaml in the WPF Designer.
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In the xref:System.Windows.Window element, add the following namespace mapping. The
wfnamespace mapping establishes a reference to the assembly that contains the Windows Forms control.xmlns:wf="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Forms;assembly=System.Windows.Forms" -
In the xref:System.Windows.Controls.Grid element add the following XAML.
The xref:System.Windows.Forms.MaskedTextBox control is created as a child of the xref:System.Windows.Forms.Integration.WindowsFormsHost control.
[!code-xamlHostingWfInWpfWithXaml#3]
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Press F5 to build and run the application.
See also
- xref:System.Windows.Forms.Integration.ElementHost
- xref:System.Windows.Forms.Integration.WindowsFormsHost
- Design XAML in Visual Studio
- Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Control in WPF
- Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Composite Control in WPF
- Walkthrough: Hosting a WPF Composite Control in Windows Forms
- Windows Forms Controls and Equivalent WPF Controls
- Hosting a Windows Forms Control in WPF by Using XAML Sample