Referencing Visual Basic Power Pack for ShapeContainer and LineShape

Question

I have some old code from Visual Basic Powerpack which I want to use in some C# projects (Framework and Core).

I was able to install Microsoft.VisualBasic 10.3.0 using Nuget

However Nuget does not have an option to install the Powerpack

I get

Error CS0246 The type or namespace name 'ShapeContainer' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Both projects reference a package Microsoft.VisualBasic V10.3.0
Both projects are C#

I notice that the .Net Core project references a Framework Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.WindowsForms

Is there a way I can get the code working in the C# projects?

Ideally all of these comments and links would have gone in the question — TheGeneral, Jan 10 '21 at 01:24
They were good, however its better just to put them in the question — TheGeneral, Jan 10 '21 at 01:28

Kirsten · Answer 1 · 2021-01-10T05:03:02.720

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I found Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.dll File version 12.0.21005.1 Then I added it as a reference to the solution and set the build action to Embedded Resource with Copy if newer

This works with Framework 4.7.2 and also with .Net Core 3.1

edited Jan 10 '21 at 05:03

answered Jan 10 '21 at 04:57

Kirsten

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Referencing Visual Basic Power Pack for ShapeContainer and LineShape

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