Connect visual C# project with WPF project

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I need to connect a WPF project with a C# project.

I have one project done in visual C# ("ClassRoom") and another project done in WPF ("ActivityRoom"). In Visual 3 project I've got a form called MainForm and in WPF project I have a window called MainWindow.

I need to open the MainWindow by clicking a button in MainForm.

How can I do this?

Posted 2-Jul-11 6:39am

Thilina C

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VallarasuS 2-Jul-11 13:01pm

WPF and WinForm controls are interoperable, there exists ElementHost to make the WPF controls work with windows form, however i wonder if there exists a way to achieve this.

Mark Salsbery 2-Jul-11 13:48pm

You haven't specified what type of projects they are....executables I assume? Or libraries? If executables then one process would need to start the other process.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 2-Jul-11 20:43pm

Watch you language! WPF project can also be C# project, so it makes your question confusing. You should call them Windows Form and WPF projects.
--SA

Thilina C 14-Jul-11 12:21pm

It doesn't matter the language I use as long as you understand it.
And I've found the solution for this.

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Vivek Krishnamurthy · Answer 1 · 2011-07-02T07:16:00

Solution 1

Take a look at the following link, explains how to achieve this.

Open a WPF Window from WinForms [^]

Posted 2-Jul-11 7:16am

Vivek Krishnamurthy

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 2-Jul-11 20:44pm

Some solution, a 5. However, the whole idea is bad.
--SA

Vivek Krishnamurthy 3-Jul-11 0:39am

Agree, These solution should be considered as temporary and in unavoidable cases only.

Thilina C · Answer 2 · 2011-07-14T06:19:00

Found a solution,
You can just open the window the same way as from the WPF application directly

You have to add references to the WPF assemblies to your WinForms project but It'll only open the window. It won't execute any thing in the App.xaml

WPFproject.mainWindow main=new WPFproject.mainWindow();
main.show();