[RESOLVED] External app's window inside VB control ?

[tcurrier]

I've seen this done before, but I can't remember where I saw it ...

Can I put an external application's window inside a control on a VB form ?

For example, if can I get the HWND to a DOS window, can I somehow assign it to the HWND of a control on the VB form? Say, for example, a picture box, with an DOS window inside of it ?

(I can get the HWND's, but it tells me that they're read/only properties.)

Thanks for any help !

[RhinoBull]

If control is a container (like picturebox) then you can do that using SetParent api. There are plenty of samples so simple search will get you the answers.

[tcurrier]

Yep, thanks, I found it ..... works great ...

Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" _
    (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" _
    Alias "FindWindowA" _
    (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function SetParent Lib "user32" _
    (ByVal hWndChild As Long, ByVal hWndNewParent As Long) As Long
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim lHwnd As Long
Dim sTitle$
    'sTitle = "Untitled - Notepad"
    sTitle = "c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe"
    lHwnd = FindWindow(vbNullString, sTitle)
    Call SetParent(lHwnd, Picture1.hwnd)
    Call ShowWindow(lHwnd, 3)
End Sub

Happy New Year !

[RhinoBull]

HNY to you too!