How can a coder run a any pc game inside of a winfrom in C#

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Hey I was wondering does anybody know how to run a pc game any pc game really inside of a winform in c# with a panel control Ive seen others run roms inside of a winform with a use of a panel control in visual studio so it has to be able to be done I mean instead of the user running the rom they just run the exe on the panel

What I have tried:

I have not tried anything yet!!

Posted 15-Mar-18 19:12pm

John Nay

Updated 16-Mar-18 0:20am

Richard MacCutchan

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OriginalGriff 16-Mar-18 4:29am

Don't "bump" your question - it's rude and it doesn't help you get a faster response. Quite the reverse: it annoys people and that can slow a response.

By all means add information, but just editing it to move it to the top of the queue is just saying "I'm more important than all the others" which is untrue.

John Nay 16-Mar-18 14:24pm

What Are you talking about I did not bumb my question at the top frankly I do not even think that's possible I mean really

F-ES Sitecore 16-Mar-18 5:19am

Can't help with the specifics but I believe the general concept is to set the parent of the child process to the handle of your panel, so when the code issues its various draw commands and queries its dimensions it uses your panel to do so. If this technique is supported is probably going to depend on how the child process works.

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User 13204940 · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-16T00:21:00

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You're going to need to look into Windows DLLs to find the handle of the .exe which acts as a unique identifier, then set the parent of that to the panel's handle. That way, the .exe is effectively embedded in the form.

You'll be needing the SetParent function in user32.dll to do this.

Also it sounds far better to say 'programmer' as opposed to 'coder'.

Posted 16-Mar-18 0:21am

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Updated 16-Mar-18 0:22am

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John Nay 16-Mar-18 14:26pm

Thanks you helped me out on this.

[no name] 16-Mar-18 14:28pm

No problem, don't forget to let us know how it goes; your findings can always help other people who come across this thread in the future c:

John Nay 16-Mar-18 16:19pm

will do thanks