How to install DevExpress components. (original) (raw)

CryptoTraderAuto application builds using DevExpress WinForms Components. So it needs DevExpress WinForms Components Suite to be installed on your machine. You can download 30-days trial installation from the https://www.devexpress.com/products/net/controls/winforms/ page. So after installation, you will have 30 days to play with the project :). I used DevExpress because I know this framework very well :) and because this suite saves A LOT of my time. Without them, I did not even start this project, because it takes too much time to create such UI using standard components and creating my own components. Ah, and of course I have one license :).

So please do the following steps:

  1. Download and install DevExpress Win Forms Suite from the DevExpress site. You can download and install the latest version.
  2. Run DevExpress Project Upgrade and update CryptoTraderAuto solution, so all projects in it reference the correct version of DevExpress WinForms dlls. Please refer to this article for greater details. Also I let myself copy the part of the text from their documentation.

The basic steps to upgrade your projects are as follows.

Remove the contents of the Bin and Obj directories, if possible, to avoid referencing old assemblies. Run the Project Converter dialog window. It can be found in the Start menu: All Programs | DevExpress 21.1 | Project Converter 21.1. Specify the path to the project(s) to be upgraded.

Ensure that the “Process Subdirectories” option is checked if you want to upgrade the necessary files in subdirectories.

Confirm that the “Create Backup Files” option is enabled. In this case, the Project Converter will create copies of the files that are to be upgraded (the .bak extension will be added to the copies of the files), so that you can restore them if you have any problems.

Click the Upgrade button.

Project Converter will replace references to old DLL libraries in your projects with references to the most recent libraries.

Open the updated project in Visual Studio. If there are any design-time forms open, close them without saving. Then, rebuild the project. Run and test the updated project.