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The actual Roadmap is roadmap.md
The last MS Framework is WinUI 3, based on UWP XAML, but WPF should still be used for years...
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) end of life
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Narayanan Subramanian (Nara)
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Hi All,
I would like to know if anyone has any information on future roadmap for WPF. Is there any date for microsoft retiring WPF and removing future support?
Thanks in advance
Narayanan
Developer technologies | Windows Presentation Foundation
Developer technologies | XAML
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Castorix31 90,686 Reputation points2022-12-20T09:07:56.22+00:00 -
jp2code 21 Reputation points2023-02-14T17:30:34.86+00:00 This is from Visual Studio 2022
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BP 6 Reputation points2024-02-10T01:52:23.9566667+00:00 -
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Marc Armbruster 5 Reputation points2024-02-12T06:20:41.2266667+00:00 From VS 2022 (Version 17.9.0 Preview 5.0).
I am actually creating multiple WPF applications with .NET8.
There is NO support end of WPF :-)
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Hui Liu-MSFT 48,681 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2022-12-20T08:38:03.913+00:00 Hi, @Narayanan Subramanian (Nara) . Welcome Microsoft Q&A.
According to the documentation Overview - Product end of support, there are no plans to remove wpf. So it will be supported.
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Hui Liu-MSFT 48,681 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2022-12-23T09:58:00.84+00:00 Hi, @Narayanan Subramanian (Nara) . Is there any update to the question? Did the answer solve your problem? If so, you could accept it as the answer. It's helpful for community members with related questions.
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jp2code 21 Reputation points
2023-02-14T17:29:01.46+00:00 I am trying to create a NEW WPF project now using Visual Studio 2022, and I only see "Out of support" options available.
It seems that WPF is tied to Internet Explorer, and Microsoft does not know how to support WPF anymore.
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Paul Hodgson 5 Reputation points2023-02-24T09:09:02.97+00:00 Isn't that reference to the .NET versions being out of support rather than WPF, try installing the .NET 6.0 or 7.0 SDKs to see if you get the same message.
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jp2code 21 Reputation points
2023-02-24T12:15:41.5666667+00:00 7.0 SDK has been installed over a month.
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qwalters 0 Reputation points2023-03-02T02:32:16.62+00:00 What version of Visual Studio are you using? VS2019 will only show .NET 5 in my experience and VS2022 shows all options correctly, including 6 & 7.
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Mark Greenwood 16 Reputation points2023-06-26T03:53:34.43+00:00 All good on VS2022
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Carter Canedy 5 Reputation points2023-09-29T14:14:08.68+00:00 If you install the .net 7/8 sdk through the visual studio installer, you should be able to see that combo box populated with the corresponding options for a new WPF (.net core) project. There's also a different project type that is specific to netfx. All of the above options are currently within their stated support periods, so I would recommend verifying that your tools are up to date.
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Marc Armbruster 5 Reputation points
2024-01-08T12:17:31.2466667+00:00 WPF is still a great technology to build Windows Applications.
Actually there are no plans (as I know) to end support for WPF.
See also the WPF roadmap: https://github.com/dotnet/wpf/blob/main/roadmap.md
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