How to dock Skype4Business main window to parent application

Question

I have requirements to glue skype4business (lync) to the side of parent application. Similar to below solution: https://anywhere365.io/platform-element-inflight-snapper/

Answer 1

There nothing in the Lync/SfB SDKs that will help you with this, so you'll have to look into other ways. One good option would be using Win32 calls - for example you could:

• Find the handle of the SfB client using Process.GetProcessesByName("lync").FirstOrDefault().MainWindowHandle
• Use this handle to set your form's Owner property (this will ensure your form behaves well e.g. minimizes when the SfB client minimizes)
• Set a timer to look for changes to the SfB client's size and position - you can read these using GetWindowRect
• Update your form's size and position accordingly

Using the timer here is not optimal - it may be that you could wire up to events from the SfB client using other Win32 calls - e.g. something like this