Funny, I thought the same, but between c++ and c# (when I say c++, I'm talking raw windows objects)
It makes for a hateful process doing porting. On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 2:53 AM, Katherine Moss <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > I've been kind of playing around while learning how to work with C#, and > I'm finding a very different set of controls between Windows Forms and > those of WPF. For instance, Windows Forms applications can have stuff like > directory searchers, file system watchers, and various other controls, and > while WPF is cool and if all buttons and controls are labeled works great > for folks using screen readers to access the controls, though so does > windows forms, I find that the programmer is limited as to what they can > put on the design surface; what if a WPF designer or programmer needed to > use one of these controls only available to Windows forms applications? Is > that where the WPF Windows Form host comes in? Does that drop down another > menu or something in Visual Studio full of Windows forms controls? I've > never tried it as I'm jumping ahead of myself as it is, but I'm always > curious about such things. Thanks. > > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
