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Windows Forms and Unmanaged Applications

Windows Forms applications and controls can interoperate with unmanaged applications, with some caveats. The following sections describe the scenarios and configurations that Windows Forms applications and controls support and those that they do not support.

FormShowDialog

Used to create a separate thread for a Windows Form.

ApplicationRun

Starts a message loop for a thread.

Invoke

Marshals calls from an unmanaged application to a form.

Exposing .NET Framework Components to COM

Offers general information about how to use .NET Framework types in unmanaged applications.

Advanced COM Interoperability

Offers general information about advanced concepts for using .NET Framework types in unmanaged applications.

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