Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref 9.0.3

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There is a newer prerelease version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.
dotnet add package Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref --version 9.0.3                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref -Version 9.0.3                
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref" Version="9.0.3" />                
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref --version 9.0.3                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref, 9.0.3"                
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref&version=9.0.3

// Install Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref&version=9.0.3                

About

Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref is a packaging of the Windows Desktop runtimes of Windows Forms (WinForms) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

How to Use

When developing a WinForms or WPF application, you do not need to install the Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref package separately. This package is automatically included as part of the .NET SDK for WinForms and WPF apps, which means you can start using WinForms or WPF namespaces right away in your WinForms or WPF projects.

Addtional Documentation

Feedback & Contributing

WinForms and WPF is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcomed at the WinForms GitHub repository and the WPF GitHub repository.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net9.0 is compatible.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed. 
Compatible target framework(s)
Included target framework(s) (in package)
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This package has no dependencies.

NuGet packages

This package is not used by any NuGet packages.

GitHub repositories (3)

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dotnet/winforms
Windows Forms is a .NET UI framework for building Windows desktop applications.
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Produce NuPkg files that have .NET Reference assemblies as resources
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10.0.0-preview.1.25080.4 326 2/25/2025
9.0.3 8,920 3/11/2025
9.0.2 62,318 2/11/2025
9.0.1 57,046 1/14/2025
9.0.0 273,195 11/12/2024
9.0.0-rc.2.24474.4 13,965 10/8/2024
9.0.0-rc.1.24452.1 32,746 9/10/2024
9.0.0-preview.7.24405.2 1,520 8/13/2024
9.0.0-preview.6.24327.6 23,882 7/9/2024
9.0.0-preview.5.24306.8 18,459 6/11/2024
9.0.0-preview.4.24267.11 2,560 5/21/2024
9.0.0-preview.3.24175.3 6,015 4/11/2024
9.0.0-preview.2.24128.10 350 3/12/2024
9.0.0-preview.1.24081.3 16,163 2/13/2024
8.0.14 46,124 3/11/2025
8.0.13 260,005 2/11/2025
8.0.12 368,277 1/14/2025
8.0.11 1,597,154 11/12/2024
8.0.10 469,159 10/8/2024
8.0.8 803,202 8/13/2024
8.0.7 578,062 7/9/2024
8.0.6 238,711 5/28/2024
8.0.5 757,846 5/14/2024
8.0.4 174,475 4/9/2024
8.0.3 482,033 3/12/2024
8.0.2 137,025 2/13/2024
8.0.1 123,827 1/9/2024
8.0.0 344,427 11/14/2023
8.0.0-rc.2.23479.10 27,182 10/10/2023
8.0.0-rc.1.23420.5 2,458 9/12/2023
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8.0.0-preview.6.23329.4 2,119 7/11/2023
8.0.0-preview.5.23302.2 550 6/13/2023
8.0.0-preview.4.23260.1 3,053 5/16/2023
8.0.0-preview.3.23178.1 635 4/11/2023
8.0.0-preview.2.23128.5 1,542 3/14/2023
8.0.0-preview.1.23112.2 454 2/21/2023
7.0.20 1,872,017 5/28/2024
7.0.19 468,736 5/14/2024
7.0.18 315,553 4/9/2024
7.0.17 308,744 3/12/2024
7.0.16 506,567 2/13/2024
7.0.15 533,035 1/9/2024
7.0.14 1,343,176 11/14/2023
7.0.13 40,524 10/24/2023
7.0.12 118,876 10/10/2023
7.0.11 73,148 9/12/2023
7.0.10 58,362 8/8/2023
7.0.9 89,344 7/11/2023
7.0.8 53,661 6/22/2023
7.0.7 10,253 6/13/2023
7.0.5 110,667 4/11/2023
7.0.4 23,390 3/14/2023
7.0.3 28,716 2/14/2023
7.0.2 86,689 1/10/2023
7.0.1 74,617 12/13/2022
7.0.0 127,101 11/7/2022
7.0.0-rc.2.22472.13 3,293 10/11/2022
7.0.0-rc.1.22427.1 15,203 9/14/2022
7.0.0-preview.7.22377.1 1,010 8/9/2022
7.0.0-preview.6.22351.3 487 7/12/2022
7.0.0-preview.5.22302.5 448 6/14/2022
7.0.0-preview.4.22229.2 537 5/10/2022
7.0.0-preview.3.22177.1 553 4/13/2022
7.0.0-preview.2.22153.5 477 3/14/2022
7.0.0-preview.1.22077.5 514 2/17/2022
6.0.36 2,621,927 11/12/2024
6.0.35 819,745 10/8/2024
6.0.33 1,287,036 8/13/2024
6.0.32 834,352 7/9/2024
6.0.31 1,191,399 5/28/2024
6.0.30 779,480 5/14/2024
6.0.29 901,845 4/9/2024
6.0.28 870,197 3/12/2024
6.0.27 949,603 2/13/2024
6.0.26 836,907 1/9/2024
6.0.25 2,083,942 11/14/2023
6.0.24 200,179 10/24/2023
6.0.23 167,195 10/10/2023
6.0.22 244,591 9/12/2023
6.0.21 271,529 8/8/2023
6.0.20 277,347 7/11/2023
6.0.19 160,815 6/22/2023
6.0.18 114,052 6/13/2023
6.0.16 450,182 4/11/2023
6.0.15 168,323 3/14/2023
6.0.14 216,292 2/14/2023
6.0.13 441,681 1/10/2023
6.0.12 804,888 12/13/2022
6.0.11 455,939 11/7/2022
6.0.10 40,139 10/11/2022
6.0.9 47,467 9/13/2022
6.0.8 24,336 8/9/2022
6.0.7 72,422 7/12/2022
6.0.6 27,911 6/14/2022
6.0.5 115,143 5/10/2022
6.0.4 27,969 4/11/2022
6.0.3 30,615 3/8/2022
6.0.2 21,995 2/8/2022
6.0.0 180,612 11/8/2021
6.0.0-rc.2.21501.6 1,804 10/12/2021
6.0.0-rc.1.21451.3 1,245 9/14/2021
6.0.0-preview.7.21378.9 1,331 8/10/2021
6.0.0-preview.6.21353.1 1,024 7/14/2021
6.0.0-preview.5.21301.4 817 6/15/2021
6.0.0-preview.4.21254.5 547 5/24/2021
6.0.0-preview.3.21201.3 928 4/8/2021
6.0.0-preview.2.21154.2 550 3/11/2021
6.0.0-preview.1.21103.5 495 2/12/2021
5.0.0 10,315,684 11/9/2020 5.0.0 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
5.0.0-rc.2.20475.6 3,628 10/13/2020
5.0.0-rc.1.20452.2 1,215 9/14/2020
5.0.0-preview.8.20411.6 733 8/25/2020
5.0.0-preview.7.20366.1 1,169 7/21/2020
5.0.0-preview.6.20308.1 661 6/25/2020
5.0.0-preview.5.20278.3 597 6/10/2020
5.0.0-preview.4.20251.1 633 5/18/2020
5.0.0-preview.3.20214.2 591 4/23/2020
5.0.0-preview.2.20160.6 640 4/2/2020
5.0.0-preview.1.20127.5 628 3/16/2020
3.1.0 16,614,940 12/3/2019 3.1.0 has at least one vulnerability with high severity.
3.1.0-preview3.19553.2 774 11/13/2019
3.1.0-preview2.19525.6 663 11/1/2019
3.1.0-preview1.19506.1 5,504 10/15/2019
3.0.1 5,846 11/18/2019 3.0.1 has at least one vulnerability with high severity.
3.0.0 8,368,937 9/23/2019
3.0.0-rc1-19456-20 7,548 9/16/2019
3.0.0-preview9-19423-09 2,048 9/4/2019
3.0.0-preview8-28405-07 2,553 8/13/2019
3.0.0-preview7-27912-14 6,772 7/23/2019
3.0.0-preview6-27804-01 3,666 6/12/2019
3.0.0-preview5-27626-15 4,244 5/6/2019
3.0.0-preview4-27615-11 3,234 4/18/2019