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    How do I upgrade to C# 8?

    I figured you just download the latest VS and that's it, you've got the latest version of C#, but today I got an error when trying to set a property to readonly, saying "Feature 'readonly members' is not availble in C# 7.3. Please use language version 8.0 or greater."

    So it seems I'm using version 7.3, how do I upgrade?
    Thanks

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    Re: How do I upgrade to C# 8?

    What version of Visual Studio are you using?

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    Re: How do I upgrade to C# 8?

    Quote Originally Posted by Zubon View Post
    I figured you just download the latest VS and that's it, you've got the latest version of C#, but today I got an error when trying to set a property to readonly, saying "Feature 'readonly members' is not availble in C# 7.3. Please use language version 8.0 or greater."

    So it seems I'm using version 7.3, how do I upgrade?
    Thanks
    I see, so VS uses .NET Core 2 by default and I need to upgrade to .NET Core 3.

    I have VS version 16.4.5, .NET Core 3 should be installed with this version. I don't get any option to choose which version of .NET Core to use when starting a new project though. How do I change to .NET Core 3? If I started a project with .NET Core 2 can that project be updated to use .NET core 3? Thanks for your useful advices.

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    Re: How do I upgrade to C# 8?

    Download the .net core 3.1 sdk and install it.

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    Re: How do I upgrade to C# 8?

    o target different/latest c# version (. NET Core 3 and C# 8)
    Open the project properties window (right click on project, select properties)
    Select 'Build' from the left hand side options.
    Scroll down to the Advanced options.
    Select the desired version of c#, click ok.

    Hope this information is helpful to you

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