How to show WinForm and then run XNA game?

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Embed XNA in WinForms

HEY, please this is NOT DUPLICATE of that post. Its because you cant get any answer from it because its links are not working... and someone comments me that he got new link and when i saw that site it wasnt that i need...

I am making game that needs to login, and i want to make login in WinForm... but when i run winform and then after successfull login it should run game. I saw this Post on StackOverflow but the link for answer is ... abanonded ...

I'd make the xna app a separate exe file and use the process library to start it from the other application, passing some type of authentication key if you need on the command line. — asawyer, Jan 21 '13 at 14:31
See this question [Embed XNA in WinForms](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6558132/embed-xna-in-winforms) — Dustin Kingen, Jan 21 '13 at 14:33
@TJHeuvel i dont want winform IN xna game i want it as ... messagebox... — GemHunter1, Jan 21 '13 at 14:34
Microsoft changed it to xbox.create.msdn, heres the correct link about XNA and winforms. http://xbox.create.msdn.com/en-US/education/catalog/sample/winforms_series_1 — Cyral, Jan 21 '13 at 18:37

Dustin Kingen · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-21T14:47:01.037

XNA is bootstrapped in the Program.cs. Just add code in your winforms when the client is authenticated that starts the XNA game like in the Program.cs.

See http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/303672/XNA-And-Windows-forms

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        button1.Text = "Start!";
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Thread theThread = new Thread(StartGame);
        theThread.Start();
    }
    public void StartGame()
    {
        Game1 game = new Game1();
        game.Run();
    }
}

How to show WinForm and then run XNA game?

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