Work in Progress: Add WinUI 3 components and Controls

[tajbender]

Add WinUI 3 components and Controls 🚶

Is your feature request related to a problem?

I am working on some WinUI3 stuff that could be merged into Vanara for public audiences as soon as it's done.

Describe the additions or enhancements you'd like

• Nothing curently. This is Work in Progress.

Previous work

• There are debug versions integrated into @tajbender's WinUI3 stuff found here: https://github.com/tajbender/electrifier.v1.24 fork
• https://github.com/tajbender/electrifier.v1.24/tree/Saint-Nicholas
• Merge 09/02/2025 electrifier/Vanara#2

[tajbender]

succesor of obsolete / invalid PRs:

• Orphanes #508
• Merge WinUI3 extensions #507

[tajbender]

Planned components and controls:

• Explorer Browser

[tajbender]

@dahall If you're idle you could try to build the stuff. I, currently, cannot.

I get build errors after re-installing my machine several time. I'm on Windows 11:

Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
Installed on ‎11/‎02/‎2025
OS build 26120.3073
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.50.0

[tajbender]

@dahall If you're idle you could try to build the stuff. I, currently, cannot.

I get build errors after re-installing my machine several time. I'm on Windows 11:

Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2 Installed on ‎11/‎02/‎2025 OS build 26120.3073 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.50.0

Never mind...

• I've setup a stub: https://github.com/tajbender/Vanara-WinUI3-Extension-Base
• ...and created a complete new solution based on recent WinUI WinSDK Vanara

That's the final code base for next Release.

Regards,
keep on 🥌

[tajbender]

@dahall This. Is. Soooo. Weird.

I've set up a complete new project, but even before I add some code I ran into the same problems I had before ➿

The problems arise as soon I want to get rid of that little WARNING ⚠

Code	Description	Project	File	Line
NETSDK1138	The target framework 'net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0' is out of support and will not receive security updates in the future. Please refer to https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-support for more information about the support policy.	electrifier	C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\9.0.200\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.EolTargetFrameworks.targets	32

To be honest, this thing already made me crazy. When I switch to .net8, I have to replace platform-ids with win-x86, win-x64 instead of win10-x86, win10-x64. That's okay, although .net6 should work, too, shouldn't it?

But, when doing so, sooner or later I get other warnings and errors that do conflict the whole project setup. I guess it has to do with the Template created from Template Studio and then messing around with .net-fw, language versions, etc. pp.

I won't mess around anything on my current, new electrifier-branch. If you want to support .net6, I would let you know you are welcome to already warm up Google! 🍭 🍰 😆 🐣

[tajbender]

WinUI3 and WinAppSDK Requirements: #507 (comment)