Add a third-party library to the Visual Studio project

Add a third-party .NET library.
Prerequisites
Set Visual Studio as the default external code editor. See Set the default code editor.
  1. To Add a third-party library to the Visual Studio project
  2. Copy the .NET assembly for the library to the
    ProjectFiles/NetSolution
     project folder.
  3. From the main toolbar, select
    Open .NET Solution
    .
    The default external code editor opens.
    TIP: Rockwell Automation recommends using
    Visual Studio®
     2022 or
    Visual Studio Code
     as the default code editor. Some development assistance features may not be available when using a different code editor.
  4. Update the reference by selecting the assembly from 1.
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