Launch Visual Studio, select [New]-[Project]
from [File] menu.
From the template of [Create a new project] dialog box, select [Windows
Forms App] of [Visual Basic], click the [Next] button.
From the [Configure your new project] dialog box, specify the project name
and the location of the project to be created, click the [Next] button.
From the [Additional information] dialog box, select [.NET 8.0(Long-term
support)] / [.NET 6.0(Long-term support)], and click the [Create] button,
then the project will be created.
* The above is for Microsoft Visual Studio
Professional 2022 (64-bit). Item names and commands may differ depending
on the version of Visual Studio.
For details, please refer to [Visual Studio Launch Screen].
In order to use the functions of CAN communication driver in Visual Basic .NET, CCAN.vb file is required.
Select [Project] from the menu bar of Visual
Studio, and select [Add Existing Item] from the pull-down menu.
From the [Add Existing Item] dialog box, specify the CCAN.vb file, click
the [Add] button, then the header file is added to the project.
You can check whether the registered header file exists from the tree view in the [Solution Explorer] window of Visual Studio.
* The above is for Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 (64-bit). Item names and commands may differ depending on the version of Visual Studio.
In general, an EXE application built with "Any CPU" specified in the [Active solution platform] item in the Visual Studio settings [Configuration Manager] window can be executed in both 64-bit environment and 32-bit OS environment.
However, when developing an EXE application that supports the .NET8 / .NET6 framework, it is necessary to be aware of the target OS.
For example, if the development PC is 64-bit OS environment, EXE applications can only be executed in a 64-bit OS environment. If you start it in a 32-bit OS environment, the following message is displayed and it cannot be executed normally.
[This app can't run on your PC. To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher.]
There are two ways to build an EXE application that can be executed in a 32-bit OS environment.
* If the development PC is 32-bit OS
environment, specify "Any CPU" in [Active Solution Platform]
and build the EXE application.
* If the development PC is 64-bit OS environment, change "Any CPU"
to "x86" in [Active Solution Platform] and build the EXE application.
Reference: .NET execution environment for .NET6 or later