Winform control getting cropped in WPF

Winform control getting cropped in WPF - wpf

I'm having problem trying to include a winform user control in WPF. My control gets cropped whatever I try to do.
The control keeps autosizing itself even when I have not set the option.
Here's what it looks like
Here's the XAML
<Window x:Name="mainForm" x:Class="RFID.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:RFID"
mc:Ignorable="d"
xmlns:wf="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Forms;assembly=System.Windows.Forms"
xmlns:sp="clr-namespace:gei1076_tools;assembly=gei1076_tools"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="755.682">
<Grid>
<WindowsFormsHost>
<sp:SerialPortConfigurator x:Name="spcConfigurator" ></sp:SerialPortConfigurator>
</WindowsFormsHost>
</Grid>
</Window>
What am I missing?
Thanks

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I create a WPF application and a user control. Both within one project in Visual Studio. In the WPF application I want to use the user control but the compiler pretends not to know the user control:
Error 1 UserControl1 is not supported in a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) project
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xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
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xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
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I have a WPF window which is positioned incorrectly when shown.
I want it to be positioned correctly, like this:
How may I accomplish this?
This is the xaml for the window:
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xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
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...
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Width="910"
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xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
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xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
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<Grid>
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I searched here, and got another solution, using
so I tried this:
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xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:WpfApplication1="clr-namespace:WpfApplication1" Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
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Does anyone knows how to use WPF in Outlook Add-ins, I have read some blog posts and I realized that it's possible to add WPF controls in Outlook Add-in projects. I just want to host a complete WPF application in a Outlook Add-in. simple when outlook ribbon button clicks, it should open a WPF application, not a WPF controller hosted in a windows form, Can this be done?
Edited answer:
To use WPF in outlook Add-in projects, first add a WCF Usercontroller to the project and change the "UserController" to "Window" in both .XAML file and .CS file. Then you are done, You can do what ever you want with WCF.
Change this >>
<UserControl x:Class="AccessCachedContactsTest.UserControl2"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d"
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to this >>
<Window x:Class="AccessCachedContactsTest.UserControl2"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300">
<Grid>
</Grid>
</Window>
And also change the root class of .xaml.cs file to "Window".

To use WPF in outlook Add-in projects, first add a WPF UserControl to the project and change the "UserControl" to "Window" in both .XAML file and .CS file. Then you are done, You can do what ever you want with WPF. Change this >>
<UserControl x:Class="AccessCachedContactsTest.UserControl2"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300">
<Grid>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
to this >>
<Window x:Class="AccessCachedContactsTest.UserControl2"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300">
<Grid>
</Grid>
</Window>
And also change the root class of .xaml.cs file to "Window".