Embed .NET Controls on the LabVIEW Front Panel

• See LabVIEW documentation here
• The .NET container supports hosting WinForms controls
• As of 2023, LabVIEW .NET container does not support hosting WPF controls

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2022
• .NET Framework 4.6.2 SDK
• Microsoft Edge or the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime
• LabVIEW 2020 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Building the example WinForm controls

• Open WinFormsApp.sln with Visual Studio 2022
• The solution requires the Microsoft.Web.WebView2 nuget package to be installed
• You can install the package by selecting Restore NuGet Packages on the solution
• Build the solution to create the .NET assembly that contains the .NET controls
• The assembly WinFormsControls.dll can be found in the WinFormsControls\bin directory
• This assembly is built for AnyCPU and can be loaded by both 32-bit and 64-bit LabVIEW

Simple WinForms control with a text box and a checkbox

• Open examples/SimpleWinFormControl.vi with LabVIEW 2020 or later
• You will be prompted to locate WinFormsControls.dll in the built WinFormsControls\bin directory above
• The control has public properties and functions IsChecked and GetTextBoxValue

Chromium web browser

• Open examples/WebView2Browser.vi with LabVIEW 2020 or later
• You will be prompted to locate WinFormsControls.dll in the built WinFormsControls\bin directory above
• The example user control WebView2Control contains the Microsoft Edge WebView2 control
• The control has a public function Navigate(string url)
• Read Rick Strahl's weblog about the WebView2 control
• Read my post about CefSharp vs WebView2 here