wpf inherit from forms.usercontrol

Question

all the samples are shows how to inherit from system.windows.control.usercontrol but any one know a trick/method how to inherit from system.windows.forms.usercontrol??
the wpf page is locked and i get a messege "The document root element is not supported by the visual designer"

Answer 1

all the samples are shows how to inherit from system.windows.control.usercontrol but any one know a trick/method how to inherit from system.windows.forms.usercontrol??
the wpf page is locked and i get a messege "The document root element is not supported by the visual designer"

Answer 2

Hi zizi2,

If you inherit from a system.windows.forms.usercontrol, it is a windows forms control instead of WPF control, and Winforms control could not be used in WPF application directly, you have to use ElementHost element, refer to:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms751797.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms751797.aspx#Windows_Presentation_Foundation_Application_Hosting (Hosting Windows Forms Controls in WPF)

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Answer 3

refer to your other post:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wpf/thread/f3f4802d-4a90-4c10-a597-7416f11650b6

on the other hand, you could start only one thread for one question, thank you.

Best regards,

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Sheldon _Xiao[MSFT]
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