ElementHost.Child Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms.Integration

Assembly:

WindowsFormsIntegration.dll

Gets or sets the UIElement hosted by the ElementHost control.

public:
 property System::Windows::UIElement ^ Child { System::Windows::UIElement ^ get(); void set(System::Windows::UIElement ^ value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public System.Windows.UIElement Child { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.Child : System.Windows.UIElement with get, set

Public Property Child As UIElement

Property Value

UIElement

The hosted Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) element.

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Child property to assign a hosted WPF element. For more information, see Walkthrough: Hosting a 3-D WPF Composite Control in Windows Forms.

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Create the ElementHost control for hosting the
    // WPF UserControl.
    ElementHost host = new ElementHost();
    host.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;

    // Create the WPF UserControl.
    HostingWpfUserControlInWf.UserControl1 uc =
        new HostingWpfUserControlInWf.UserControl1();

    // Assign the WPF UserControl to the ElementHost control's
    // Child property.
    host.Child = uc;

    // Add the ElementHost control to the form's
    // collection of child controls.
    this.Controls.Add(host);
}

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    ' Create the ElementHost control for hosting the
    ' WPF UserControl.
    Dim host As New ElementHost()
    host.Dock = DockStyle.Fill

    ' Create the WPF UserControl.
    Dim uc As New HostingWpfUserControlInWf.UserControl1()

    ' Assign the WPF UserControl to the ElementHost control's
    ' Child property.
    host.Child = uc

    ' Add the ElementHost control to the form's
    ' collection of child controls.
    Me.Controls.Add(host)
End Sub

Remarks

Only one element can be hosted, but Child can have any number of child elements.

See also

• WindowsFormsHost