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Setting up a Development Environment

The following instructions describe how to set up a development environment for writing jControls applications using Visual Studio and C#.

Installing and Configuring Visual Studio

Please perform the follow procedure precisely in the order shown:

  1. Download and install Visual Studio. Be sure to select the .NET desktop development workload.
  2. Open a command prompt, and run the following command to install the Nuget source for downloading the necessary CFNET libraries and templates.
    dotnet nuget add source https://nuget.comfiletech.com/index.json --name "COMFILE Technology"
  3. Run the following command to install COMFILE Technology's project and item templates.
    dotnet new install ComfileTech.Templates

Now the the development environment is set up, follow the instructions at Creating a New ComfileTech.WinForms Project to create a new project.

Debugging

To debug an ARM Linux device from within Visual Studio try using our Remote .NET Debugger Extension.

Updating the Templates

Periodically, COMFILE Technology may update the Visual Studio templates with new templates and other improvements. To obtain the latest templates, simply run the following command from a terminal: 

dotnet new install ComfileTech.Templates

Uninstallation

To uninstall the Visual Studio templates, run the following in a terminal. 

dotnet new uninstall ComfileTech.Templates

To remove the Nuget source, run the following in a terminal. 

dotnet nuget remove source "COMFILE Technology"