Add WPF control

[Dustray]

Summary of feature

I want to put it into a WPF application to run.

[hjred]

For OpenGL rendering something similar to this https://github.com/opentk/GLWpfControl could be used. This uses the NV_DX_interop OpenGL extension to share buffers between DirectX (WPF side) and OpenGL. So OpenGL renders directly to a buffer that is then given to DirectX for displaying. Despite having NV in the name, the author hints that this is supported on Intel, AMD and Nvidia GPUs. Something similar might be possible for Vulkan as well.

[HurricanKai]

Vulkan has VK_KHR_external_memory_win32 I can see us providing a WPF control in the future, but we'd have to think about what the form factor would be (-> how does one interact with this? Do we provide multiple packages Silk.NET.Extensions.WPF.DX/GL/VK?)

[GeorgeS2019]

@Perksey WinUI 3 has been planned. WinUI 3 control supporting project reunion can be used as control in both WinForm and WPF.

[orosbogdan]

I am planning to write a 3D game with 2D UI based on WPF's support, this would greatly help.

[aguerrieri82]

If somebody is still interested, i made this control for WPF

using Silk.NET.OpenGL;
using Silk.NET.Core.Contexts;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Interop;


public class RenderHost : HwndHost, INativeContext
  {
      private HwndSource? _hwndSource;
      private GL? _gl;
      private readonly nint _hLib;
      private nint _glCtx;
      private nint _hdc;

      #region NATIVE

      [DllImport("Opengl32.dll")]
      static extern IntPtr wglCreateContext(IntPtr hdc);

      [DllImport("Opengl32.dll")]
      static extern IntPtr wglDeleteContext(IntPtr hglrc);

      [DllImport("Opengl32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
      static extern IntPtr wglChoosePixelFormatARB(IntPtr hdc);

      [DllImport("Opengl32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
      static extern IntPtr wglGetProcAddress([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string unnamedParam1);

      [DllImport("Opengl32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
      static extern bool wglMakeCurrent(IntPtr hdc, IntPtr hglrc);

      [DllImport("gdi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
      static extern int ChoosePixelFormat(IntPtr hDC,
      [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR ppfd);

      [DllImport("gdi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
      static extern bool SetPixelFormat(IntPtr hDC, int iPixelFormat,
          [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR ppfd);

      [DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
      static extern int SwapBuffers(IntPtr hDC);

      [DllImport("User32.dll")]
      static extern int ReleaseDC(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hDC);


      [DllImport("User32.dll")]
      static extern IntPtr GetDC(IntPtr hWnd);


      [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
      static extern IntPtr GetProcAddress(IntPtr hModule, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string procName);

      [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
      static extern IntPtr LoadLibraryW([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string lpLibFileName);

      [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
      class PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR
      {
          [FieldOffset(0)]
          public UInt16 nSize;
          [FieldOffset(2)]
          public UInt16 nVersion;
          [FieldOffset(4)]
          public UInt32 dwFlags;
          [FieldOffset(8)]
          public Byte iPixelType;
          [FieldOffset(9)]
          public Byte cColorBits;
          [FieldOffset(10)]
          public Byte cRedBits;
          [FieldOffset(11)]
          public Byte cRedShift;
          [FieldOffset(12)]
          public Byte cGreenBits;
          [FieldOffset(13)]
          public Byte cGreenShift;
          [FieldOffset(14)]
          public Byte cBlueBits;
          [FieldOffset(15)]
          public Byte cBlueShift;
          [FieldOffset(16)]
          public Byte cAlphaBits;
          [FieldOffset(17)]
          public Byte cAlphaShift;
          [FieldOffset(18)]
          public Byte cAccumBits;
          [FieldOffset(19)]
          public Byte cAccumRedBits;
          [FieldOffset(20)]
          public Byte cAccumGreenBits;
          [FieldOffset(21)]
          public Byte cAccumBlueBits;
          [FieldOffset(22)]
          public Byte cAccumAlphaBits;
          [FieldOffset(23)]
          public Byte cDepthBits;
          [FieldOffset(24)]
          public Byte cStencilBits;
          [FieldOffset(25)]
          public Byte cAuxBuffers;
          [FieldOffset(26)]
          public SByte iLayerType;
          [FieldOffset(27)]
          public Byte bReserved;
          [FieldOffset(28)]
          public UInt32 dwLayerMask;
          [FieldOffset(32)]
          public UInt32 dwVisibleMask;
          [FieldOffset(36)]
          public UInt32 dwDamageMask;
      }

      const byte PFD_TYPE_RGBA = 0;
      const byte PFD_TYPE_COLORINDEX = 1;

      const uint PFD_DOUBLEBUFFER = 1;
      const uint PFD_STEREO = 2;
      const uint PFD_DRAW_TO_WINDOW = 4;
      const uint PFD_DRAW_TO_BITMAP = 8;
      const uint PFD_SUPPORT_GDI = 16;
      const uint PFD_SUPPORT_OPENGL = 32;
      const uint PFD_GENERIC_FORMAT = 64;
      const uint PFD_NEED_PALETTE = 128;
      const uint PFD_NEED_SYSTEM_PALETTE = 256;
      const uint PFD_SWAP_EXCHANGE = 512;
      const uint PFD_SWAP_COPY = 1024;
      const uint PFD_SWAP_LAYER_BUFFERS = 2048;
      const uint PFD_GENERIC_ACCELERATED = 4096;
      const uint PFD_SUPPORT_DIRECTDRAW = 8192;
      const uint PFD_DIRECT3D_ACCELERATED = 0x00004000;
      const uint PFD_SUPPORT_COMPOSITION = 0x00008000;

      const sbyte PFD_MAIN_PLANE = 0;
      const sbyte PFD_OVERLAY_PLANE = 1;
      const sbyte PFD_UNDERLAY_PLANE = -1;

      const uint WS_CHILD = 0x40000000;

      #endregion

      public RenderHost()
      {
          _hLib = LoadLibraryW("opengl32.dll");
      }

      protected unsafe override HandleRef BuildWindowCore(HandleRef hwndParent)
      {
  
            if (DesignerProperties.GetIsInDesignMode(this))
                return new HandleRef(null, 0);

            _hwndSource = new HwndSource(0, (int)WS_CHILD, 0, 0, 0, "RenderView", hwndParent.Handle);

            var handle = _hwndSource.CreateHandleRef();

            var pfd = new PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR
            {
                nSize = (ushort)Marshal.SizeOf<PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR>(),
                nVersion = 1,
                iPixelType = PFD_TYPE_RGBA,
                dwFlags = PFD_SUPPORT_OPENGL | PFD_SUPPORT_COMPOSITION | PFD_DIRECT3D_ACCELERATED | PFD_DRAW_TO_WINDOW | PFD_DOUBLEBUFFER,
                iLayerType = PFD_MAIN_PLANE,
                cColorBits = 24,
                cDepthBits = 32
            };

            _hdc = GetDC(handle.Handle);

            var pfIndex = ChoosePixelFormat(_hdc, pfd);
            if (pfIndex <= 0)
                throw new Win32Exception();

            if (!SetPixelFormat(_hdc, pfIndex, pfd))
                throw new Win32Exception();

            _glCtx = wglCreateContext(_hdc);

            if (_glCtx == IntPtr.Zero)
                throw new Win32Exception();

            TakeContext();

            _gl = GL.GetApi(this);

            return handle;
        }

        public void SwapBuffers()
        {
            _ = SwapBuffers(_hdc);
        }

        protected override void DestroyWindowCore(HandleRef hwnd)
        {
            if (_glCtx != 0)
            {
                wglDeleteContext(_glCtx);
                _glCtx = 0;
            }

            if (_hwndSource != null)
            {
                _ = ReleaseDC(_hwndSource.Handle, _hdc);
                _hwndSource.Dispose();
                _hwndSource = null;
            }
        }

        public nint GetProcAddress(string proc, int? slot = null)
        {
            var addr = GetProcAddress(_hLib, proc);

            if (addr == 0)
            {
                addr = wglGetProcAddress(proc);
                if (addr == 0)
                    throw new NotSupportedException(proc);
            }

            return addr;
        }

        public void ReleaseContext()
        {
            if (!wglMakeCurrent(_hdc, IntPtr.Zero))
                throw new Win32Exception();
        }

        public void TakeContext()
        {
            if (!wglMakeCurrent(_hdc, _glCtx))
                throw new Win32Exception();
        }

        public bool TryGetProcAddress(string proc, out nint addr, int? slot = null)
        {
            addr = wglGetProcAddress(proc);
            return addr != 0;
        }

        public GL? Gl => _gl;

        public IntPtr Hdc => _hdc;

        public IntPtr GlCtx => _glCtx;
    }

[GeorgeS2019]

@aguerrieri82

Recently Godot 4, top GitHub MIT Project, started to support DirectX12

Would be great we have similar Godot 4 WPF control

[Perksey]

This project has nothing to do with Godot.