Add a third-party library to the Visual Studio project

Add a third-party .NET library by using the

Explore solutions

pane.

Set Visual Studio as the default external code editor. See Set the default code editor.

Copy the .NET assembly for the library to the

ProjectFiles/NetSolution

FactoryTalk Optix Studio

project folder.

From the main toolbar, select

Open .NET Solution

The default external code editor opens.

TIP: We recommend using Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 or Microsoft Visual Studio Code as the default code editor. Some development assistance features may not be available when using a different code editor.

In Visual Studio, in the

Explore solutions

pane, right-click

Dependency

and select

Update reference

Select

Browse

and select the assembly from 1.

Select

Manage third-party .NET libraries

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