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.NET/.NET Core Support

The Report Designer is supported for Visual Studio projects that target the following .NET versions:

  • .NET Framework 4.5.2 or later
  • .NET Standard 2.0
  • .NET Core 2.0 or later
  • .NET 5 or later

Prerequisites for .NET Framework Projects

Prerequisites for .NET/.NET Core Projects

  • Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio 2019 16.8+, or Visual Studio 2022.
  • .NET desktop development workload.
  • .NET Core 3.1 SDK (required for Visual Studio 2019+).
  • .NET Runtime, ASP.NET Core Runtime, and .NET Desktop Runtime (required for Visual Studio 2019+).

Note

Custom controls are not supported for .NET/.NET Core projects.

Convert .NET Framework Projects to .NET Core

The DevExpress Unified Component Installer ships with the .NET Core Migration Tool. You can use this tool to convert your .NET Framework project (WinForms or WPF) to .NET Core. Refer to the following topics for details: