how to WPF in Windows.​Forms with .NET 3.0 RC1

This is fun+cool, daddy-o.

Start experimenting WPF on XP:

0) Download the .NET 3.0 RC1 and SDK and install them. Get them from here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/downloads/products/getthebeta/

1) Add these References to projects you want to host WPF controls:

 PreesentationCore
 PresentationFramework
 WindowsBase
 WindowsFormsIntegration

2) Add these using statements to your Form:

using System.Windows.Forms.Integration;
using System.Windows.Controls;

3) To avoid ambiguity, explicitly state namespaces for controls like 'Button' and 'ListBox':

   System.Windows.Forms.Button      // .NET 2.0
   System.Windows.Controls.Button  // .NET 3.0


4) Place two Panels on your Form from the ToolBox.

5) Put this code in your Form's OnLoad event:

ElementHost hostListBox = new ElementHost();
System.Windows.Controls.ListBox wpfListBox =
    new System.Windows.Controls.ListBox();

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    wpfListBox.Items.Add("Item " + i.ToString());

hostListBox.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
hostListBox.Child = wpfListBox;

ElementHost hostButton = new ElementHost();
System.Windows.Controls.Button wpfButton =
    new System.Windows.Controls.Button();

wpfButton.Content = "Avalon Button";
hostButton.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
hostButton.Child = wpfButton;

JohnAskew wrote:


3) To avoid ambiguity, explicitly state namespaces for controls like 'Button' and 'ListBox':

   System.Windows.Forms.Button      // .NET 2.0
   System.Windows.Controls.Button  // .NET 3.0

jfoscoding just posted a set of articles about WPF from a Windows Forms perspective.


Check out this other thread on Channel 9 with a list of some resources as well...

Thanks, Rob Relyea
Program Manager, WPF Team
http://rrelyea.spaces.live.com

Is there a way to instantiate .NET 3.0 RC1 WPF items from a .NET 1.1 Winform?

Minh wrote:



JohnAskew wrote: 3) To avoid ambiguity, explicitly state namespaces for controls like 'Button' and 'ListBox':    System.Windows.Forms.Button      // .NET 2.0    System.Windows.Controls.Button  // .NET 3.0

Or another way is:

using N2 = System.Windows.Forms;
using N3 = System.Windows.Controls;

N2.Button b2 = ...
N3.Button b3 = ...

Jack Poison wrote:

Is there a way to instantiate .NET 3.0 RC1 WPF items from a .NET 1.1 Winform?

See, I'm locked into a 1.1 form.  But, the box has the 2.0 and 3.0 Framework on it, so I"m wondering if there isn't a Hack for this. I don't need it on a production machine, only for a demonstration.