.NET 5 Support and Migration from .NET Framework

• Dec 13, 2021
• 2 minutes to read

Prerequisites

Ensure that the following components are installed on your machine:

• DevExpress Unified Component Installer v21.1+ or NuGet packages
• .NET 5 SDK and runtime
• Visual Studio 2019 v16.8+

NuGet Packages

The DevExpress 21.1 Local package source and DevExpress NuGet Gallery include the following XAF-specific packages.

General Packages

• DevExpress.ExpressApp
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Blazor
• DevExpress.Persistent.Base

ORM-Oriented Packages

• DevExpress.ExpressApp.EF
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.EFCore
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Xpo
• DevExpress.Persistent.BaseImpl
• DevExpress.Persistent.BaseImpl.EFCore

Additional Module Packages

• DevExpress.ExpressApp.AuditTrail
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.AuditTrail.EFCore
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Chart
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Chart.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.CloneObject
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.ConditionalAppearance
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Dashboards
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Dashboards.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.FileAttachment.Blazor
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.FileAttachment.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Kpi
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Notifications
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Notifications.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Objects
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Office
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Office.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.PivotChart
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.PivotChart.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.PivotGrid
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.PivotGrid.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.ReportsV2
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.ReportsV2.Blazor
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.ReportsV2.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Scheduler
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Scheduler.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.ScriptRecorder
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.ScriptRecorder.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security.EF
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Security.Xpo
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.StateMachine
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.TreeListEditors
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.TreeListEditors.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Validation
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Validation.Blazor
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.Validation.Win
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.ViewVariantsModule

Functional Testing Packages

• DevExpress.ExpressApp.EasyTest
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.EasyTest.WinAdapter
• DevExpress.ExpressApp.EasyTest.BlazorAdapter

Important Notes

1. The following design-time functionality is not available because of the changes to Visual Studio’s designer architecture in .NET Core: Module and Application Designers, Controller & Action designers, EasyTest debugging commands. You can perform related tasks in code:
   • Add a Module in Code | Add a Business Class from an Assembly in Code
   • Add a Controller in Code | Add an Action to a Controller
   • Run Functional Tests with the Command-Line TestExecutor Utility
2. The Security System does not support a .NET Core WCF server due to .NET Core platform limitations. You can connect a .NET Core client application to a .NET Framework WCF server only.