This document contains information about system requirements for installing and using DevExpress WinForms Controls.
The table below highlights supported .NET Framework versions.
Support for the .NET Client Profile has been discontinued by Microsoft with the release of .NET Framework 4.5. DevExpress controls do not support the .NET Client Profile starting with v14.2.
The table below highlights Visual Studio versions supported by DevExpress WinForms Controls.
<sup>1</sup>Starting with version 18.2, DevExpress source code targets C# 6.0. You can still use our pre-compiled assemblies in Visual Studio 2012 and 2013. However, it is not possible to recompile DevExpress source code in these Visual Studio versions.
<sup>2</sup>Starting with v18.2.4.
Visual Studio Express editions may not support all design-time features of DevExpress WinForms controls.
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