I don´t think that you can link a modeless Windows.Form to the IDE, maybe with toolwindows (CreateToolWindow function, shim control, and blah, blah).

 Hi

 

             I've created a normal System.Windows.Form and now I would link it to the IDE. I found an example on msdn but I couldn't realize how to link my form to IDE.

 

 Anybody could help me?

 

 Sub WindowExample()

    Dim Frame As Window

    Dim w1 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer)

    Dim w2 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput)

    Dim w3 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindCommandWindow)

 

    'Create a linked window frame and dock together the Solution Explorer

    'and Ouput windows together inside it.

    Frame = DTE.Windows.CreateLinkedWindowFrame(w1, w2, vsLinkedWindowType.vsLinkedWindowTypeDocked)

    MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)

 

    'Add an additional tool window, the Command window, to the frame with

    'the other two.

    Frame.LinkedWindows.Add(w3)

    MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)

 

    'Resize the entire linked window frame.

    Frame.Width = 500

    Frame.Height = 600

    MsgBox("Frame height and width changed. Now changing Command window height.")

 

    'Resize the height of the Command window.

    Frame.LinkedWindows.Item(3).Height = 800

    MsgBox("Now undocking the Command window from the frame.")

 

    'Undock the Command window from the frame.

    Frame.LinkedWindows.Remove(w3)

 End Sub