Vista - Control.Handle - How do I get a handle to a control with WinFX

I've been playing with WinFX and maybe I'm missing something here but I
don't see a "Control.Handle" type function anywhere.

Is there some way to do this under WinFX. I want to use DirectShow with
a WinFX Panel.

Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way. I am totally new to this (1 -
2 hour looking over it so far)

Any help or guidance would be great

Shane

iNSaNey wrote:

> I've been playing with WinFX and maybe I'm missing something here but
> I don't see a "Control.Handle" type function anywhere.
>
> Is there some way to do this under WinFX. I want to use DirectShow
> with a WinFX Panel.
>
> Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way. I am totally new to this (1
> - 2 hour looking over it so far)
>
> Any help or guidance would be great
>
> Shane


WPF Controls do not have Handles. They are entirely implemented by the
API - they are not wrappers for traditional windows controls.

There is an interop api (ElementHost) for hosting Win32 controls in a
WPF application (see Migration and Interoperability in the SDK docs) or
maybe you could use the WinFx multimedia API instead of DirectShow (see
Graphics And Multimedia / Audio and Video in the SDK Docs)

WPF is not a another set of wrappers for the old Win32 API. It really
is a whole new game.

--

Martin

Hi,

>From what I can tell the muiltimedia API in WPF doesn't cut it for
recording and has a lack of filter support.

All I'm really trying to do is get directshow playback working in a
panel (something that wasn't that hard in win32).

I will take a look at ElementHost. Though I would prefer not to use
win32 controls if it's possible.

Thanks for the info

Shane