'Making a Visual Studio Extension with .Net Core
By default, Visual Studio 2022 Extension (Add-in) Project is on .Net Framework (not .Net 5 or 6). When I manually .csproj > PropertyGroup > TargetFramework XML value to net5.0, I run into a compile error.
Some of my projects are made with .Net 5 and it cannot be built with multiple targets (i.e. both .Net 5 and .Net Framework), which are needed to be referenced by my Visual Studio Extension project. Unfortunately, a .Net Framework project cannot reference a .Net 5 project, on the other hand, the vice versa can be partially available.
Is there any way of making Visual Studio Extensions with .Net 5 or later? If it cannot be done, how can I have my Visual Studio Extension project reference a .Net 5 based libraries(.dll)?
Solution 1:[1]
Visual Studio itself is currently a .NET 4.8 application, so you can't use .NET 5 stuff in it anywhere.
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| Solution | Source |
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| Solution 1 | Jason Malinowski |