The .NET examples are currently provided for Microsoft Visual Studio 2022. Some examples can also be used with .NET CLI Tools, JetBrain Rider, and Visual Studio Code. They are likely to work with other development tools as well, but we have not tested it.

The examples are targeting Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (and will also run under newer versions), and/or .NET 8, 9. In Visual Studio, it is possible to re-target the projects to newer framework versions (e.g. 4.8) by changing the appropriate setting in the properties of the project, or by editing the project file manually.

On Windows, if you have used the Setup Program to install the Connectivity Software, Visual Studio solutions with examples in Visual Basic (i.e. VB.NET), C#, F# and C++ are available from the Start menu or the Launcher application. On other platforms (or when you are simply installing the QuickOPC, OPC Wizard or Rapid Toolkit for Sparkplug NuGet Packages), you are advised to download the example archives from the Web and unpack them on your computer. This is described further below.

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