Normally, controls are being added to forms. But I need to do an opposite thing - add a Form instance to container user control.
The reason behind this is that I nee
This is possible by setting the form's TopLevel property to false. Which turns it into a child window, almost indistinguishable from a UserControl. Here's a sample user control with the required code:
public partial class UserControl1 : UserControl {
public UserControl1() {
InitializeComponent();
}
public void EmbedForm(Form frm) {
frm.TopLevel = false;
frm.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
frm.Visible = true;
frm.Dock = DockStyle.Fill; // optional
this.Controls.Add(frm);
}
}