MapViewer hosted in a WPF
MapWindow.xaml.vb
' Copyright 2012 ESRI
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' and applicable international laws, treaties, and conventions.
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Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Controls
Imports System.Windows
Imports System.Drawing

Partial Public Class Window1

  Private mapControl As AxMapControl
  Private toolbarControl As AxToolbarControl
  Private tocControl As AxTOCControl

  Public Sub New()

    ' This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
    InitializeComponent()

    CreateEngineControls()
  End Sub

  Private Sub CreateEngineControls()

    'set Engine controls to the child of each hosts 
    mapControl = New AxMapControl()
    mapHost.Child = mapControl

    toolbarControl = New AxToolbarControl()
    toolbarHost.Child = toolbarControl

    tocControl = New AxTOCControl()
    tocHost.Child = tocControl
  End Sub

  Private Sub LoadMap()

    'Buddy up controls
    tocControl.SetBuddyControl(mapControl)
    toolbarControl.SetBuddyControl(mapControl)

    'add command and tools to the toolbar
    toolbarControl.AddItem("esriControls.ControlsOpenDocCommand")
    toolbarControl.AddItem("esriControls.ControlsAddDataCommand")
    toolbarControl.AddItem("esriControls.ControlsSaveAsDocCommand")
    toolbarControl.AddItem("esriControls.ControlsMapNavigationToolbar")
    toolbarControl.AddItem("esriControls.ControlsMapIdentifyTool")

    'set controls' properties
    toolbarControl.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(245, 245, 220)

    'wire up events
    AddHandler mapControl.OnMouseMove, AddressOf mapControl_OnMouseMove

  End Sub

  Private Sub mapControl_OnMouseMove(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As IMapControlEvents2_OnMouseMoveEvent)
    textBlock1.Text = " X,Y on Map: " + String.Format("{0}, {1}  {2}", e.mapX.ToString("#######.##"), e.mapY.ToString("#######.##"), mapControl.MapUnits.ToString().Substring(4))
  End Sub

  Private Sub Window_Loaded(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
    LoadMap()
  End Sub

  Private Sub Window_Closing(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs)
    ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.COMSupport.AOUninitialize.Shutdown()
  End Sub

End Class