Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3 0.11.0-beta

This is a prerelease version of Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3. 
dotnet add package Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3 --version 0.11.0-beta
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3 -Version 0.11.0-beta
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3" Version="0.11.0-beta">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3" Version="0.11.0-beta" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3 --version 0.11.0-beta
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3, 0.11.0-beta"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3@0.11.0-beta
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3&version=0.11.0-beta&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3&version=0.11.0-beta&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3

WinUI 3 build support for Visual Basic projects: the MSBuild workarounds a VB project needs, plus the custom XAML compiler whose VB code generators are fixed.

https://github.com/Nukepayload2/VbWinUI3Demos

Usage

<ItemGroup>
  <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="2.2.0" />
  <PackageReference Include="Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3" Version="0.11.0-beta" />
</ItemGroup>

That is the whole integration. The package's props and targets are named after the package id, so NuGet imports them from buildTransitive\ - do not Import them by hand, and do not copy anything from the repository. Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3.XamlCompiler comes in as a dependency, so the XAML compiler is redirected to the fork without any further reference.

What it applies
ImportFrameworkWinFXTargets=true keeps WPF's framework targets out of the project
VBRuntime=None before XamlPreCompile works around XAML pre-compile errors
WindowsAppSdkAutoInitialize / WindowsAppSdkUndockedRegFreeWinRTInitialize off, plus buildTransitive\include\UndockedRegFreeWinRTAutoInitializer.vb unpackaged self-contained apps (WindowsAppSDKSelfContained=true) load the Windows App SDK runtime

Set VBWinUI3XamlCompilerEnabled=false to keep the stock XAML compiler instead of the fork's. To pin a different compiler build, reference Nukepayload2.UI.VBWinUI3.XamlCompiler directly - a direct reference wins over the dependency.

Upgrading from 0.9.4-beta

0.10.0-beta no longer defines DISABLE_XAML_GENERATED_MAIN: the compiler generates Program and Sub Main itself, so delete the entry point you had to write by hand - keeping it duplicates the entry point and fails the build. Define DISABLE_XAML_GENERATED_MAIN yourself if you want the old behaviour.

Status

Beta. Built and tested against Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 2.2.0, net10.0-windows10.0.19041.0, with both dotnet build (Core MSBuild) and Visual Studio (desktop MSBuild).

Contributing

Issues related to WinUI 3 itself belong to the official Windows App SDK repository.

There are no supported framework assets in this package.

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NuGet packages

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GitHub repositories

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Version Downloads Last Updated
0.11.0-beta 48 9/13/2026
0.10.0-beta 47 9/13/2026
0.9.4-beta 581 11/13/2025