Syncfusion Controls and .NET 5

[Tom Krieg]

Hi, I've just installed Syncfusion Winforms controls 18.3.0.47 Community Edition as I want to test and see if I can work with the newest Syncfusion controls. I have a Visual Studio 2019 Project targetting .NET 5 but after installing the Syncfusion Windows Forms controls, when I try and add them to Visual Studio, I am only presented with Net Framework options.

My question is, is there a version of Syncfusion WinForms controls for NET CORE 5 and how how do I install them so they appear in the toolbox?

[Tom Krieg]

I've done a little more reading on your site and it seems the only way to have your controls in the  NET CORE project Toolbox is to add them via nuGet. I did that and all the controls were in the toolbox and I was able to add them to my forms.

Now my problem is following the licensing instructions. I installed the licensing manager from nuGet and added the recommended line in the application NEW() event (this is a Visual Basic project). i.e.  Syncfusion.Licensing.SyncfusionLicenseProvider.RegisterLicense("YOUR LICENSE KEY")




Now, I have 2 keys. One is called the "Unlock Key" and is a string. The other is called the "License Key" and looks like the public key of a public/private key pair. I replaced the "YOUR LICENSE KEY" above with the longer public key called License Key and the "Trial Version" dialog comes up every time I start my project. Which key should I use? Also, the Application Designer New() method where I placed the code is marked as "This file is auto-generated; do not modify it directly.". Is this the wrong place to put the key?


[Kalap Johnson Peter Paulraj]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for contacting Syncfusion support.

We have created a new incident for this query under your account, you can follow up further details in that incident.

Regards,
Kalap Johnson Peter P.

[Jan Havel]

Hello,

I struggle with the same problem a lots of time.

If I install assemblies via nuGet:

- I see the controls in the toolbox

- the license warning pops up every time I run a project and it takes a bit long to I can click to close button and continu to work

If I install assemblies from an installed location:

- I don't see controls in the toolbox

- the license warning popup doesn't appear

MS Visual Studio Community 2019 (16.8.6)

SF Essential Studio 18.4.0.39

Update:

The combination of nuGets and assemblies from an installed location seems to help.

Any idea how to resolve the issue?

Thanks

Honza

[Vijayarasan Sivanandham]

Hi Jan Havel,

Thank you for contacting Syncfusion support.

The cause for this problem is the designer mode conditions is not working properly in .NetCore project. We have already reported this behavior to Microsoft team. We didn’t get any proper solution from them. We will let you know once we get the prompt solution from Microsoft.   

https://github.com/dotnet/winforms/issues/3300 

Regards,
Vijayarasan S 

[David White]

Any update on WinForms controls support and .NET 5 or 6?

[Vijayarasan Sivanandham]

Hi David White,

Thank you for contacting Syncfusion Support.

We have provided the support for .Net 3.1 and .Net 5.0 in Syncfusion controls from Essential Studio 2020 Volume 2Main release version. Please refer the below release notes for more details, 

 

Release Note Link:  https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/release-notes/v18.2.0.44?type=all#visual-studio-extensions 

For more information, please refer the below UG link, 

 

UG Link:  https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/dotnet-core-compatibility 

 

GitHub Sample Link:  https://github.com/syncfusion/winforms-demos 

 

Please let us know, if you require further assistance on this.  

 

Regards, 

Vijayarasan S