Show form from other appliation

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Hello! Can I show a form from another application(which is also made by me)? For example: I have application1 and I want it to show form1 from application2 as dialog.

Posted 22-Aug-11 4:45am

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mostwanted4 22-Aug-11 14:22pm

Whoever wants an example click here.

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The best way is to extract it from both into a DLL (create a new class library project) then add the assembly to both applications as a reference.

Posted 22-Aug-11 4:48am

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mostwanted4 22-Aug-11 11:01am

The problem is that I want the user to select the dll, so I can't add a reference before I compile the program. Is there a way to call it while the app is running?

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TheyCallMeMrJames · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-22T05:23:00

Create seperate DLLs with the forms in it. Decorate your forms with an interface that you know. You can load the DLLs at run time and use reflection to check for classes (forms) that implement the interface. Create an instance of the form through reflection and show it to the user.

Cheers.