I created ran into a problem where i want to bind a control to a windowsFormsHost control. But as we all know, the Child property is not a DP, so i created a wrapper.
/// <summary>
/// Bindable version of windows form hosts
/// </summary>
public class BindableWindowsFormsHost : WindowsFormsHost
{
/// <summary>
/// Max value of the textbox
/// </summary>
public Control BindableChild
{
get { return (Control)GetValue(BindableChildProperty); }
set
{
SetValue(BindableChildProperty, value);
}
}
// Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for Max. This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
public static readonly DependencyProperty BindableChildProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("BindableChild", typeof(Control), typeof(BindableWindowsFormsHost), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(new PropertyChangedCallback(OnBindableChildChanged)));
/// <summary>
/// Handles changes to the FlyoutWindowSize property.
/// </summary>
private static void OnBindableChildChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
((WindowsFormsHost)d).Child = e.NewValue as Control;
}
}
The e.NewValue gets the control I want and sets it properly, BUT i do not see the change being reflected. The child is set, but can't see the windowsFormsHost with new control.
Any one have idea?
Thanks and Regards, Kev84
Instead of creating a wrapper you could wrap the WindowsFormsHost in a ContentControl and set its Content property via a binding. That way you avoid the issue with the WindowsFormsHosts Child property not being a dependency property.
Something like this in XAML:
<ContentControl Content="{Binding MyWindowsFormsHost}" />
..and this in your code-behind:
public WindowsFormsHost MyWindowsFormsHost
{
get { return new WindowsFormsHost(){Child=myWinformsControl}; }
}
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