Are Data Sources supported?

[MisinformedDNA]

Are Data Sources supported in .NET Core/.NET 5+? These steps don't say anything about them, but this article calls out some unsupported features in .NET Core.

The features described in this article apply to .NET Framework Windows Forms and WPF development. The features are not supported for .NET Core development, for both WPF and Windows Forms.

Is that article only referring to "Adding new data sources"? Or are data sources completely unsupported in .NET Core?

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• ID: 98778ad1-6c20-6310-e4bc-9d9851a2270a
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• Content: Migrate a Windows Forms app to .NET 5 - Windows Forms .NET
• Content Source: dotnet-desktop-guide/net/winforms/migration/index.md
• Product: dotnet-desktop
• Technology: dotnet-winforms
• GitHub Login: @adegeo
• Microsoft Alias: adegeo

[adegeo]

I believe the data sources are supported, but the wizard/designers aren't. Testing in VS 2022 points you to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/get-started/wpf It would be interesting to see what the upgrade assistant does with those data source configs in a .net framework project moving to .net

@OliaG @predavid perhaps you can clarify?

[adegeo]

Sent an email...

[adegeo]

Whoops. I realized that this was for winforms not WPF. I'll send an email to the correct audience! 😿

[RussKie]

@MisinformedDNA please checkout the latest post from @KlausLoeffelmann that discussed databinding in .NET 6 and beyond: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/databinding-with-the-oop-windows-forms-designer/.

[adegeo]

This issue will be used to track updating the migration article