Now that interest in WPF is really heating up, we've been getting more inquiries about WinForms and WPF interop. Fortunately, we have a lot of coverage in the SDK docs, which shipped in November:
Migration and Interoperability
- How to: Enable Visual Styles in a Hybrid Application
- How to: Host a Windows Presentation Foundation Control in Windows Forms by Using ElementHost
- Layout Considerations for the WindowsFormsHost Element
- Supported Scenarios in Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Forms Interoperation
- Troubleshooting Hybrid Applications
- Walkthrough: Arranging Windows Forms Controls in Windows Presentation Foundation
- Walkthrough: Binding to Data in Hybrid Applications
- Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Composite Control in Windows Presentation Foundation
- Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Control in Windows Presentation Foundation
- Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Control in Windows Presentation Foundation by Using XAML
- Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Presentation Foundation Composite Control in Windows Forms
- Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Presentation Foundation Control in Windows Forms
- Walkthrough: Hosting an ActiveX Control in Windows Presentation Foundation
- Walkthrough: Hosting an ActiveX Control in Windows Presentation Foundation by Using XAML
- Walkthrough: Localizing a Hybrid Application
- Walkthrough: Manually Adding a Windows Presentation Foundation Element to a Windows Forms Project
- Walkthrough: Manually Creating a Windows Presentation Foundation Project Using Visual Studio
- Walkthrough: Mapping Properties Using the ElementHost Control
- Walkthrough: Mapping Properties Using the WindowsFormsHost Element
- Windows Forms and WPF Interoperability Input Architecture
- Windows Forms and WPF Property Mapping
- Windows Forms Controls and Equivalent WPF Controls
Also, we have lots of sample code:
- Arranging Windows Forms Controls in Windows Presentation Foundation Sample
- Data Binding in Hybrid Applications Sample
- Hosting a Windows Forms Composite Control in Windows Presentation Foundation Sample
- Manually Creating a Windows Presentation Foundation Project Sample
- Hosting a Windows Presentation Foundation Composite Control in Windows Forms Sample
- Localizing a Hybrid Application Sample
- Hosting a Windows Forms Control in Windows Presentation Foundation Sample
- Enabling Visual Styles in a Hybrid Application Sample
- Hosting a Windows Forms Control in Windows Presentation Foundation by Using XAML Sample
- Hosting a Simple Windows Presentation Foundation Control in Windows Forms Sample
- Hosting an ActiveX Control in Windows Presentation Foundation by Using XAML Sample
- Hosting an ActiveX Control in Windows Presentation Foundation Sample
- Mapping Properties Using the WindowsFormsHost Element Sample
- Mapping Properties Using the ElementHost Control Sample
We have some designer-oriented topics as well, which shipped in Orcas Beta 1. These haven't been published at MSDN yet:
- How to: Copy and Paste an ElementHost Control at Design Time
- Using Windows Presentation Foundation Controls
- Walkthrough: Arranging Windows Presentation Foundation Content on Windows Forms at Design Time
- Walkthrough: Assigning Windows Presentation Foundation Content on Windows Forms at Design Time
- Walkthrough: Changing Properties of a Hosted Windows Presentation Foundation Element at Design Time
- Walkthrough: Copying and Pasting an ElementHost Control into Separate Windows Forms
- Walkthrough: Creating New Windows Presentation Foundation Content on Windows Forms at Design Time
- Walkthrough: Styling Windows Presentation Foundation Content
Hope you can use them to build some neat hybrid apps.
