Download and Installation

28 Oct 20212 minutes to read

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

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 2019.

    NOTE

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

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

  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 2019.

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

    SyncfusionMenu

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 Visual Studio Marketplace.

  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 for the Visual Studio 2019 version. If Visual Studio 2019 is not installed, it will not be possible to install the extension.

    VSIX-Installation-Window

  4. Click the Modify button.

  5. After the installation is complete, open Visual Studio 2019. You can now use Syncfusion extensions from the Visual Studio under the Extensions menu.

    SyncfusionMenu