Download and Installation

25 Mar 20222 minutes to read

Syncfusion publishes the Visual Studio extension in the below Visual Studio marketplace link. You can either install it directly from Visual Studio or download and install it from the Visual Studio marketplace.

Visual Studio 2022

Visual Studio 2019 or lower

Prerequisites

The following software prerequisites must be installed to install the Syncfusion WinForms extension, as well as to creating, adding snippet, converting, and upgrading Syncfusion WinForms applications.

Install through the Visual Studio Manage Extensions

The steps below assist you to how to install the Syncfusion WinForms extensions from Visual Studio Manage Extensions.

  1. Open the Visual Studio.

  2. Navigate to Extension ->Manage Extensions and open the Manage Extensions.

    NOTE

    In Visual Studio 2017 or lower, go to Tools -> Extensions and Updates

  3. On the left, click the Online tab and type “Syncfusion Windows” in the search box.

    Online-Manage-Extension-window

  4. Click the Download button in the “WinForms Extensions - Syncfusion”.

  5. Close all Visual Studio instances after downloading the extensions to begin the installation process. You will see the following VSIX installation prompt.

    VSIX-Installation-Window

  6. Click the Modify button.

  7. After the installation is complete, open Visual Studio.

  8. Now, under the menu Extensions, you can use the Syncfusion extensions from the Visual Studio.

    SyncfusionMenu

    NOTE

    In Visual Studio 2017 or lower, you can see the Syncfusion menu directly in the Visual Studio menu.

Install from the Visual Studio Marketplace

The steps below illustrate how to download and install the Syncfusion Windows extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace.

  1. Download the Syncfusion WinForms Extensions from the below Visual Studio Marketplace link.

    Visual Studio 2022

    Visual Studio 2019 or lower

  2. Close all Visual Studio instances running, if any.

  3. Double-click to install the downloaded VSIX file.You will see the VSIX installation prompts with the corresponding installed Visual Studio version checkbox for select the Visual Studio to install extension.

    VSIX-Installation-Window

  4. Click the Modify button.

  5. After the installation is complete, open Visual Studio. You can now use Syncfusion extensions from the Visual Studio under the Extensions menu.

    SyncfusionMenu

    NOTE

    In Visual Studio 2017 or lower, you can see the Syncfusion menu directly in the Visual Studio menu.