The solution I have used before is to set the application window as a child of the control you want to dock it in.
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
private Process pDocked;
private IntPtr hWndOriginalParent;
private IntPtr hWndDocked;
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern IntPtr SetParent(IntPtr hWndChild, IntPtr hWndNewParent);
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool MoveWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int X, int Y, int nWidth, int nHeight, bool bRepaint);
private void dockIt()
{
if (hWndDocked != IntPtr.Zero) //don't do anything if there's already a window docked.
return;
hWndParent = IntPtr.Zero;
pDocked = Process.Start(@"notepad");
while (hWndDocked == IntPtr.Zero)
{
pDocked.WaitForInputIdle(1000); //wait for the window to be ready for input;
pDocked.Refresh(); //update process info
if (pDocked.HasExited)
{
return; //abort if the process finished before we got a handle.
}
hWndDocked = pDocked.MainWindowHandle; //cache the window handle
}
//Windows API call to change the parent of the target window.
//It returns the hWnd of the window's parent prior to this call.
hWndOriginalParent = SetParent(hWndDocked, Panel1.Handle);
//Wire up the event to keep the window sized to match the control
Panel1.SizeChanged += new EventHandler(Panel1_Resize);
//Perform an initial call to set the size.
Panel1_Resize(new Object(), new EventArgs());
}
private void undockIt()
{
//Restores the application to it's original parent.
SetParent(hWndDocked, hWndOriginalParent);
}
private void Panel1_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//Change the docked windows size to match its parent's size.
MoveWindow(hWndDocked, 0, 0, Panel1.Width, Panel1.Height, true);
}