Topic: Can I get System.Windows.Forms.Form, or System.Windows.Window from Autodesk.Aut

[Andrey Bushman]

Hi all.

The main AutoCAD window has type Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.Window. The Document.Window has this type too. Can I get System.Windows.Forms.Form, or System.Windows.Window from Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.Window?

Regards

[MexicanCustard]

What would you need the "Form" for?

You can get a pointer/Handle to the main window with Autodesk.AutoCAD.Application.Window.Handle.

[Andrey Bushman]

It is more convenient for me - to work with managed code.

[kaefer]

It is more convenient for me - to work with managed code.

You could wrap the unmanaged bit with a framework feature, for example an interface to a window handle. I do not think it neither unsafe nor inconvenient.

Code - F#: [Select]

1.             let owner = { new System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window with
2.                 member __.Handle =
3.                     Autodesk.Windows.ComponentManager.ApplicationWindow }
4.  
5.             let form = new System.Windows.Forms.Form()
6.             form.Show owner
7.             while form.Visible do
8.                 System.Threading.Thread.Sleep 100
9.             form.Close()

[TheMaster]

Hi all.

The main AutoCAD window has type Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.Window. The Document.Window has this type too. Can I get System.Windows.Forms.Form, or System.Windows.Window from Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.Window?

Regards

The sample answer is no, you can't put a Form or Window wrapper around a Win32 window. You can put a NativeWindow wrapper around a Win32 window, however, which is standard means of subclassing a Win32 window in .NET. See the NativeWindow class in the docs or search here for an example.

[Andrey Bushman]

Thanks to all for answers.