Prerequisites
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This document contains information about system requirements to install and use DevExpress WinForms Controls.
.NET Framework
The table below highlights supported .NET Framework versions.
| DevExpress Version | .NET 2.0 | .NET 3.5 | .NET 4.0 | .NET 4.5 | .NET 4.5.2 | .NET 4.6 | .NET 4.6.2 | .NET 4.7 | .NET 4.8 |
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| v24.2 (current) |  |
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| v21.2-v24.1 | |
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| v18.2-v21.1 | |
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| DevExpress Version | .NET 2.0 | .NET 3.5 | .NET 4.0 | .NET 4.5 | .NET 4.5.2 | .NET 4.6 | .NET 4.7 | .NET 4.8 |
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| v16.2-v18.1 | |
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| v14.2-v16.1 | |
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| v13.1-v14.1 | |
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| v12.1-v12.2 | |
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| v11.2 | |
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Support for the .NET Client Profile has been discontinued by Microsoft with the release of .NET Framework 4.5. DevExpress controls v14.2 and higher do not support the .NET Client Profile.
.NET/.NET Core
The table below shows the versions of DevExpress WinForms Controls that support .NET.
| DevExpress Version | .NET 6 (LTS) | .NET 7 | .NET 8 (LTS) | .NET 9 (Preview) |
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| v24.1 | |
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| v23.1 - v23.2 | |
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| v22.2 - v22.2 | |
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| v21.2 - v22.1 | |
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| v20.1 - v21.1 | |
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Prerequisites to build .NET applications:
- Download .NET
- Visual Studio 2022 v17.0+ (.NET 8 design-time and runtime support)
See the following topic for more information: .NET/.NET Core Support.
IDE
The table below highlights Visual Studio versions supported by DevExpress WinForms Controls.
| DevExpress Version | Visual Studio 2005 | Visual Studio 2008 | Visual Studio 2010 | Visual Studio 2012 | Visual Studio 2013 | Visual Studio 2015 | Visual Studio 2017 | Visual Studio 2019 | Visual Studio 2022 |
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| v22.2 - v24.1 | |
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| v21.2 - v22.1 | |
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| v18.2 - v21.1 | |
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| DevExpress Version | Visual Studio 2005 | Visual Studio 2008 | Visual Studio 2010 | Visual Studio 2012 | Visual Studio 2013 | Visual Studio 2015 | Visual Studio 2017 | Visual Studio 2019 | Visual Studio 2022 |
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| v16.1.11-v17.2 | |
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| v14.2-v16.1.10 | |
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| v12.2.15-v14.1 | |
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| v12.1-v12.2.14 | |
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| v11.2 | |
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In v18.2 and higher, DevExpress source code targets C# 6.0. You can still use our pre-compiled assemblies in Visual Studio 2012 and 2013. However, it is not possible to recompile DevExpress source code in these Visual Studio versions.
For both .NET and .NET Framework application development you need to install the .NET desktop development workload in Visual Studio. See this article for more information: Modify Visual Studio workloads, components, and language packs.
Visual Studio Express editions may not support all design-time features of DevExpress WinForms controls.
If you require a previous version of a DevExpress product, log in to the Download Manager page on the DevExpress website.