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c#.netwpfdynamic-data-display

Integrating WPF forms and normal C# forms

For a project I decided to use Dynamic Data Display to generate charts (more specifically: heat maps) of certain data.

Now for as far as I could read (and see from the demos) Dynamic Data Display uses WPF forms.

I have no experience whatsoever with WPF, but I was wondering if it is possible to integrate Dynamic Data Display in a normal windows forms project (even if this means "mixing" Dynamic Data Display's WPF forms with my project's normal windows forms).

Thanks in advance!

Solution

  • You will need to use System.Windows.Forms.Integration.ElementHost control in your Windows Forms project, more information on how to use ElementHost to host WPF forms inside Windows Forms is at:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms751797.aspx (Interoperability in WPF and Winforms and vice versa)

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742215.aspx (Walkthrough)