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ArcGIS Pro AddIn: Using Windows Forms

GabrielaLaird — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:56:47 GMT

I have a 2.X Pro AddIn that uses Windows Forms. Each button on the AddIn loads a user input form that displays data and has a submit button to start an attribution update process. It is written in C# with .Net version 4.8. With the new 3.0 upgrade and the .Net version 6.0 - I no longer see the option to add windows forms into the project. I have noticed the WPF forms but, these are all xaml based, it is not the same experience as the good old Windows Forms. Anyone experiencing the same issue?

Re: ArcGIS Pro AddIn: Using Windows Forms

KrisCulin — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 17:08:48 GMT

There is a migration process to go from .NET Framework 4.x to .NET 6. There is lots of documentation online, including YouTube. Just do a search. Microsoft has some pretty good workflows/steps as well.

There is an extension available in VS2019 that can analyze your code to determine if there would be any issues during the migration. I would look into this as well.

.NET 6 has a rewritten implementation of System.Windows.Forms and for the most part can be migrated with few issues (especially if you have no 3rd party controls).

Kris