Adding the Edit Control to WinForms Applications

The VisionPro installer includes the SmartLine tool user interface as a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) control. Perform the following steps to add this WPF control to your Visual Studio Windows Forms (WinForms) application: 

1. Launch Visual Studio and create a Windows Forms App:

   

   

   

2. Double-click the project file in the Solution Explorer ("SmartLineToWinforms" in this example):

   

3. Modify the PropertyGroup as shown (use the <UseWPF> line) as shown: 

   

4. Add the reference for the Cognex.VisionPro.Controls.Net package. The following example uses a fixed version but you can specify it with a wildcard (Version="10.0.0-build"): 

   

5. Now click on Build/Build Solution on the toolbar.

   When it completes, double-click on Form1.cs to open the form:

   

6. Double-click on the form to create the Form1_Load event: 

   

7. Add the line "ElementHost ctrlHost = new ElementHost()" and click on the import message to add System.Windows.Forms.Integration to the using statements:

   

8. Add the following lines to the Form1_Load event:

   • ctrlHost.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
   • Controls.Add(ctrlHost);
   • ctrlHost.Child = new SmartLineEdit();

   

9. Click on the import message to add Cognex.VisionPro.SmartLine.Controls to the using statements, and add the line Cognex.Vision.Startup.Initialize() to the load event: 

   

10. Build the project again and start the application.

    The SmartLine edit control should appear as shown: