Windows Presentation Foundation

Mark Erbaugh

Mark_WS7M

Mark Erbaugh

Pete - W6OP

Mark's (WS7M) explanation is right on. I'll just add that if the app is just for yourself then definitely use WinForms, much easier and quicker. Also easier to get help. If you prefer the geekier side of programming then try WPF. As far as UWP I can't tell you much. I retired from professional programming about the time it showed up. Now I mostly program on the Mac in Swift. I still do some WinForm apps for ham radio friends though.

Mark Erbaugh

It looks like out of the box UWP and FlexLib is a no-go. I created a UWP solution and added the FlexLib, UiWpfFramework, Util and Vita projects to it, but when I tried to add a reference to FlexLib (or any of the others) to my UWP solution, VS complained that it can't add a reference.

Mark_WS7M

Hi Pete, Mark,

It is possible to use FlexLib with UWP but you have to do some work wrapping it with some various things.

Another thing UWP is trying to do is to make Windows programs safer by restricting what the program can do.  Like writing files, connecting to internal network things, etc.  Personally I think it is strange and while I have to use it at work I don't really like it.

As Pete said, for personal use WinForms will work best.

Mark_W3II

UWP programs can not use .NET Framework libraries. Remember there is .NET Core, .NET Framework, and .NET Standard. A .NET Framework program can use the .NET Standard library but not the other way around.