He slammed his desk. Then he noticed the IntelliSense suggestion in VS2022: "RibbonBar is obsolete. Use 'RibbonControl' from DevComponents.DotNetBar.Ribbon." The new IDE had actually scanned his code and offered a quick action. Marcus hit and selected "Replace with modern equivalent" .
The progress bar crawled. He watched the output window:
He added a new SuperTabControl to a test form. Set ThemeStyle = "Office2019Colorful" . The flicker vanished. devcomponents dotnetbar visual studio 2022
Restoring packages for LegacyERP.csproj... Updating 'DotNetBar' from 12.1.0 to 14.3.0... Applying new API mappings... When it finished, he rebuilt the solution.
He took a sip of his cold coffee. Didn't even mind. He slammed his desk
Marcus realized: the legacy code was using GDI+ rendering. The new DotNetBar version automatically used Direct2D on Windows 10/11. His ancient ERP was now rendering at 144 FPS.
Marcus opened the NuGet Package Manager in VS2022. He searched for DevComponents.DotNetBar . Version 12.1.0.1—from 2016. Marcus hit and selected "Replace with modern equivalent"
He leaned back. The build server kicked off in VS2022's new Git integration. Tests passed.
"This suite was written when Windows Vista was cool," Marcus muttered.
Visual Studio 2022 refactored 50 files in five seconds.
"Upgraded DotNetBar. Removed 1,200 lines of custom renderer hacks. Visual Studio 2022 + DotNetBar 14.3 = surprisingly alive."