Launch Visual Studio, select [New]-[Project/Solution]
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 10.0 (Long Term Support)], and click the [Create] button,
then the project will be created.
* The above is for Microsoft Visual Studio
Professional 2026 (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 2026 (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 .NET8/10 framework, it is necessary to be aware of the target OS.
Please refer ".NET execution environment for .NET8 or later" to know more details.