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.
- To Add a third-party library to the Visual Studio project
- Copy the .NET assembly for the library to theProjectFiles/NetSolutionproject folder.
- From the main toolbar, selectOpen .NET Solution.The default external code editor opens.TIP: Rockwell Automation recommends usingVisual Studio®2022 orVisual Studio Codeas the default code editor. Some development assistance features may not be available when using a different code editor.
- Update the reference by selecting the assembly from 1.For more information, see Manage references in a project - Visual Studio (Windows) | Microsoft Learn.
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