WANT TO host Visual Studio Form Designer in my own application..

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Hi,

I'm writing an application that lets the end use design a Form just the way Visual Studio lets you design a windows forms. I looked into visual studio forms designer articles in msdn and also studied open-source SharpDevelop editor. Both the examples host visual studio's windows forms designer to provide form-design service in their respective applications.

My question is - Does it imply any licensing issue with Microsoft for directly hosting their Visual Studio Forms designer in my own application ? I don't want move ahead without proper and correct information.

Can anybody here help me out if there's any licensing issues in case I want to host visual studio windows fomr designer in my own application.

If there's any such licensing implication - then how does Sharp-Develop do this ?

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