The Visual Basic, with its application framework is supported in .Net 5 and Visual Studio 16.8! The Visual Studio 16.8 includes Windows Forms Designer, so Visual Basic is ready for you to replace existing applications or create new ones.
While .Net Core has had Visual Basic since its first release, and since WinForms introduced it in .NET Core 3.1, it does not include the application framework library and WinForms designer support for Visual Basic programmers. .Net 5 is ready for you to replace existing .NET Framework applications or create new WinForms applications.
Visual Studio 16.8 and .Net 5 includes the following updates for WinForms development. Net 5:
You have found the new .NET 5 template in the Create New Project dialog. The naming for the templates has been updated, and you have to find the .NET Framework template names include "framework" and those templates that simply indicate .NET is for .NET 5.
Fig: Project View
Many aspects of the WinForms Application Framework application behavior are controlled by the project property designer's settings, which are shown by selecting Properties in the context menu of the VB project in Solution Explorer:
Fig: Project Property Menu
.NET 5 is in the .NET core family and the difference in the APIs and libraries available, the project system, and the application are configured.
In general, your experience in a visual studio. Net 5 will be the same for the .NET framework. The empty ApplicationEvents.vb file to contain these events is created in the .NET 5 by the Windows template, while the file does not develop in the .NET Framework until the developer clicks the View Application Events button. As a result, the procedure for wiring application events in your application is as follows:
The .NET Core and .NET 5 application uses the new project file (.vbproj) format. The new format has been created for humans to read and understand by MSBuild as well. The files are no longer explicitly listed. Rather, all the files in the folder where the .vbproj file is saved and any subfolders are an integral part of this project. This is called globbing. You will also see project level import, project and package reference and option settings in this file.
The new project file looks like this:
winExe net5.0-windows VbWinForms5 Sub Main true Windows Forms
The Visual Basic project files start with the tag. This tag is required for WinForms applications
To change the Target Framework in the WinForms application, change the target framework setting by editing the project file.
Change the targetframework tag in
We hope this article will help you to understand the Visual Basic WinForms Apps in .NET 5 and Visual Studio 16.8. In Visual Studio 16.8, WinForms Designer still lacks some features. Also, the project system manages the Project Dialog, does not fully support the Application Framework.
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