How to change Target Version

[TedChapin]

I have a Visual Studio project that I started at version 1.2 of Pro and the SDK. I have since upgraded the SDK to 1.3, but when I deploy the add-in the information displayed in Pro's Add-In Manager says the Target Version is 1.2.  Where in the Visual Studio Project do I change the target Pro version?

[Wolf]

Hi Ted, 
 To change the target version you have to change the desktopVersion attribute of the AddInInfo tag in your config.daml file.  You can replace your current desktopVersion value with "1.3".

[TedChapin]

Thanks wkaiser-esristaff‌ I thought there would be more to it than that!

[Wolf]

The main intend for the desktopVersion attribute is ensure add-in compatibility with Pro.  The version ensures that you are not using an add-in with an old version of Pro (let's say 1.2), when the add-in was built using a newer version of Pro (let's say 1.3 or 1.4 beta).  The old 1.2 version of Pro cannot run the 1.3 add-in because the 1.3 API changed (was added on to) and has additional functionality.