❔ Checking Compatibility?!
I'm planning a Crystal Reports proxy for WinForms application developed in .net7.
The thing is i need to have a multipart solution that can call reports and show its result, in case if .net 3+ Crystal Reports is not supported in any way... I've checked online but still couldn't find any useful nuget or 3rd party solution for that.
What I'm planning is to have a .net standard application that can hold a WinForms form and show report however i like, all my reporting requirements can be boiled down to just 4 constructors and a few configs that can be done on runtime.
I'm stuck on the point where i need to add Form class to .net standard, in add new file dialogue box there is no option to do so, also if i copy past a file it throws errors that are not resolved by any ways that im used to.
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.net standard because any .net framework dll/library is not supported in .net core 6/7
well you still won't be able to load these dlls from a .net 7 app even if you do it from a .net standard class library. Also, .net standard can't reference .net framework either
it is technically possible to reference a Framework WinForms control library from a NET 7 WinForms app
toolbox support is questionable though and you may have control visibility issues
confirmed
and the reference in the NET 7 project file isn't anything more than
there is some built-in compatibility with Framework packages that makes this work, so it's hopefully not too surprising
but it's not guaranteed and some features have a chance of just not working
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