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Welcome to using Phidgets with C#! By using C#, you will have access to the complete Phidget22 API, including events.

Visual Studio is an IDE provided by Microsoft that can be used to develop code in a wide variety of programming languages, including C#.
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===Nuget===

The Phidget22.NET library is now available on nuget.org [https://www.nuget.org/packages/Phidget22.NET/ here]. Nuget is the recommended way to install and use the .NET library in Visual Studio. The nuget package bundles the C library on Windows, so there are no other prerequisites that need to be installed. The nuget package adds targets for .NET Core and .NET Standard, so it should be usable from almost any .NET environment which also supports the C library.

==Using Phidgets in Your Programs==

There are two main ways you can go about adding Phidgets to your programs in Visual Studio. You can either start from a working project provided by the Phidgets code sample generator, or you can add the Phidgets libraries to an existing Visual Studio project.

Select your preferred method below for instructions:


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The code samples we provide for C# are written to be used as '''Console Applications''', but the concepts within can easily be re-purposed for use in a Windows Forms Application.

==Using the Code Samples==

You can download a working '''Visual Studio''' project for '''C#''' directly from the [{{server}}/?view=code_samples&lang=CSharp Code Samples] page. Simply make your selections, and click the '''Visual Studio Project''' button under '''Downloads'''.

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Open the example project and start the example by pressing the ''Start'' button:

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==Setting up a New Project==
When you are building a project from scratch, or adding Phidget functionality to an existing project, you'll need to configure your development environment to properly link the Phidget .NET library. To begin:


Create a new project (a Console Application will be created for this example):

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Next, right-click to add a reference to the Phidget .NET library:


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On the following screen, click ''Browse...'' and navigate to the location of Phidget22.NET.dll:
*C:\Program Files\Phidgets\Phidget22\Phidget22.NET.dll


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Finally, to include the Phidget .NET library, add the following lines to main window class file:

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using Phidget22;
using Phidget22.Events;
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Success! The project now has access to Phidgets.

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