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Do .net simconnect based applications must use .net framework 4.7.2?

o4oren

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Initially i tried building my application using wpf .net 7.0. I ran into all kinds of trouble that were just gone when i switched to 4.7.2 as the documentation suggests.
Is it only suppprted on the older .net framework env?
I saw projects in github that *seem* to use newer versions.
 
o4oren

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So that is only up to 4.8.
5.0 is already Core, right? Although they dropped the branding.
 
MaxPaperno

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I've used FW 4.8.x, .NET 5 and 6. FW is stuck on a pretty old version of C# so I'm not really sure why anyone would use it (except for a library).
 
o4oren

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Ok, I verified it works with 7.0 even.
Are there any benefits or cons to writing a wpf standalone desktop application in .Net6 or 7 rather than framework?
Forgive me for these newbie questions, I am not coming from the ms world.
 
DragonflightDesign

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None at all. It still has to go through SimConnect.

@MaxPaperno : for some reason Net Core 6.0 on VS2022 would not let me build a WinForms or a console front end. I nuked it, reinstalled it and gave up in disgust, reverting to VS2019.
 
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Hey, sorry, didn't notice the @ mention.

TBH I know next to nothing about WinForms, or WPF for that matter. I only play in the "MS world" when I absolutely must... :)

A console app on .NET 6/VS2022 definitely works though. Here's a somewhat minimal project file for one.

XML: 
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <ImplicitUsings>disable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <ErrorReport>none</ErrorReport>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime" Version="4.3.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

Best,
-Max
 
DragonflightDesign

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I definately know nothing about WPF, except that I've always considered it to be an answer in search of a question!
 
o4oren

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I tried again and succeeded with Net 7 too. But I found out that people don't have the runtimes installed, and I resorted back to 4.7.2 which is included on any Win 10 that was updated in 2018... Even 4.8/4.8.1 were only pushed by MS in later updates to win 11 only.
I don't want to deal with installing the framework for users.
 
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