Interoperability in the WPF Designer

The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Designer for Visual Studio supports interoperation of Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), so that you can use Windows Forms controls in your WPF applications.

In This Section

• Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Control in a WPF Application
  Describes how to use the WPF Designer to host a Windows Forms control in a WPF application.

• Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms User Control by Using the WPF Designer
  Describes how to use the WPF Designer to host a Windows Forms composite control in a WPF application.

• Walkthrough: Hosting a Third-Party Windows Forms Control in a WPF Application
  Describes how to use the WPF Designer to host a Windows Forms control from a vendor in a WPF application.

Reference

• ElementHost
  A Windows Forms control that can be used to host a WPF element.

• WindowsFormsHost
  A WPF element that enables you to host a Windows Forms control in a WPF application.

Related Sections

• Using Windows Presentation Foundation Controls
  Contains links to topics that describe how to use WPF controls in your Windows Forms applications.

• Migration and Interoperability
  Contains links to topics that describe how to use Windows Forms and WPF together in your smart-client applications.

• Migration and Interoperability Samples
  Contains links to sample code that shows how to use Windows Forms and WPF together in your smart-client applications.