Host Winform control in WPF

How to host Winform control in wpf?

To host the MaskedTextBox control

1. Create a WPF Application project named HostingWfInWpf.
2. Add references to the following assemblies.

WindowsFormsIntegration

System.Windows.Forms

3. Open MainWindow.xaml in the WPF Designer.
4. Name the Grid element grid1.

<Grid Name="grid1"/>

5. In Design view or XAML view, select the Window element.
6. In the Properties window, click the Events tab.
7. Double-click the Loaded event.
8. Insert the following code to handle the Loaded event.

private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

{

       // Create the interop host control.

           System.Windows.Forms.Integration.WindowsFormsHost host =

               new System.Windows.Forms.Integration.WindowsFormsHost();

// Create the MaskedTextBox control.

           MaskedTextBox mtbDate = new MaskedTextBox("00/00/0000");

           // Assign the MaskedTextBox control as the host control's child.

           host.Child = mtbDate;

       // Add the interop host control to the Grid

       // control's collection of child controls.

       this.grid1.Children.Add(host);

}

At the top of the file, add the following Imports or using statement.

using System.Windows.Forms;

Press F5 to build and run the application.