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title: "How do I host a Windows Forms control in a WPF application?"  
description: "How do I host a Windows Forms control in a WPF application?"  
author: "Rajesh Goswami"  
published: 2010-10-19  
updated: 2020-09-17  
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category: "wpf"  
tags: ["wpf"]  
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# How do I host a Windows Forms control in a WPF application?

First make sure to add references to System.Windows.Forms and System.Windows.Forms.Integration. Then you need to decide if you will use code, XAML or a combination of both to work with the Windows Forms controls.

## Answers

### Answer by Rajesh Goswami

First make sure to add references to System.Windows.Forms and System.Windows.Forms.Integration. Then you need to decide if you will use code, XAML or a combination of both to work with the Windows Forms controls.


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