Opening Other Applications In An MDI Form ...

[Tim Stageberg]

To All -

I am trying to open a fully functioning windows app in a
child form of a MDI application. Can anyone point me in a
direction on how to do that? The application that I am
playing with is an older windows game that opens up to a
full screen. I would like to have it open up on a
seperate child form on a MDI form, and I would like to
wrapper the application and program macros and such for it
(Have a button that will do some activities and such) ...

There is a real need of of "work" type application that
monitors scada type data ... my thinking is if I can get
this to work with a game, I should be able to port the
solution at a later time. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tim

 

[Wesjackson]

You could write the app as a dll. Then use reflection to import the
application to the main form. I use this with a navigation bar on the left
handside. When the app loads it looks in its directory for its child dlls so
when a new dll is dropped off it loads into the navigation bar and when the
link is clicked it starts the applications as a child window.