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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
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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...
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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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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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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.
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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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.
7.0 SDK has been installed over a month.
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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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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.
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