How to do it...

Follow these steps to give a call to Win32 APIs from WPF applications:

1. First, we need to set up the project. Once the project gets created by Visual Studio, right-click on the References node of the project.
2. Select the context menu entry Add Reference... to add assembly references.

3. From the Reference Manager dialog, search for forms, and select System.Windows.Forms from the list. Click OK to add the reference:

4. Now, from Solution Explorer, navigate to the MainWindow.xaml file.
5. Replace the existing Grid panel with the following markup, which contains a TextBox (address) and three Button controls (goButton, bringToFrontButton, and refreshButton):

<StackPanel Margin="10"> 
    <TextBlock Text="Enter website URL:" 
               Foreground="Gray" 
               Margin="4 0"/> 
 
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"> 
        <TextBox x:Name="address" 
                 Text=&quot...