Hosting an ActiveX Control in Windows Presentation Foundation by Using XAML Sample
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This sample demonstrates how you can host a Microsoft ActiveX control in a WPF-based application by using Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML).
Building the Sample
Install the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) and open its build environment command window. On the Start menu, point to All Programs, Microsoft Windows SDK, and then click CMD Shell.
Download the sample, usually from the software development kit (SDK) documentation, to your hard disk drive.
To build the sample from the build environment command window, go to the source directory of the sample. At the command prompt, type MSBUILD.
To build the sample in Microsoft Visual Studio, load the sample solution or project file and then press CTRL+SHIFT+B.
Running the Sample
To run the compiled sample from the build environment command window, execute the .exe file in the Bin\Debug or Bin\Release folder contained under the sample source code folder.
To run the compiled sample with debugging in Visual Studio, press F5.
Remarks
To build and run this sample, you must generate interop assemblies for the ActiveX control. Follow the instructions in Walkthrough: Hosting an ActiveX Control in Windows Presentation Foundation by Using XAML.
See Also
Reference
Concepts
Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Composite Control in Windows Presentation Foundation
Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Presentation Foundation Control in Windows Forms