Warning NU1701 Package ‘Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc 5.2.7’

Warning NU1701 Package ‘Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc 5.2.7’ was restored using ‘.NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1, .NETFramework,Version=v4.6.2, .NETFramework,Version=v4.7, .NETFramework,Version=v4.7.1, .NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2, .NETFramework,Version=v4.8’ instead of the project target framework ‘net5.0’. This package may not be fully compatible with your project.

When I create an MVC project in Visual Studio, it automatically put a reference to Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc. Since I’m now using ASP.NET 5, I started to see several of these warnings stacked in my Warning list.

I right click on my solution and selected “Manage NuGet Packages for Solution…”

On the left, highlighted “Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc”, made sure the project(s) that have it referenced have a check mark next to them on the right.

Clicked “Uninstall”

Searched NugGet for “Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc” and installed it to the same projects I just removed the other.

I had to remove “using System.Web.Mvc” references. These broke some “AllowHtml” decoration attributes that I had to remove, as they are no longer needed in .NET Core.

I also had to edit the project file for the main web project and remove the following line:

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="2.2.0" />

Made sure the solution builds. If you have any errors, you’ll want to tackle them right away while you still remember what caused them!

Author: Jack Yasgar

Jack Yasgar has been developing software for various industries for two decades. Currently, he utilizes C#, JQuery, JavaScript, SQL Server with stored procedures and/or Entity Framework to produce MVC responsive web sites that converse to a service layer utilizing RESTful API in Web API 2.0 or Microsoft WCF web services. The infrastructure can be internal, shared or reside in Azure. Jack has designed dozens of relational databases that use the proper primary keys and foreign keys to allow for data integrity moving forward. While working in a Scrum/Agile environment, he is a firm believer that quality software comes from quality planning. Without getting caught up in analysis paralysis, it is still possible to achieve a level of design that allows an agile team to move forward quickly while keeping re-work to a minimum. Jack believes, “The key to long term software success is adhering to the SOLID design principles. Software written quickly, using wizards and other methods can impress the business sponsor / product owner for a short period of time. Once the honeymoon is over, the product owner will stay enamored when the team can implement changes quickly and fix bugs in minutes, not hours or days.” Jack has become certified by the Object Management Group as OCUP II (OMG Certified UML Professional) in addition to his certification as a Microsoft Certified Professional. The use of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) provides a visual guide to Use Cases and Activities that can guide the product owner in designing software that meets the end user needs. The software development teams then use the same drawings to create their Unit Tests to make sure that the software meets all those needs. The QA testing team can use the UML drawings as a guide to produce test cases. Once the software is in production, the UML drawings become a reference for business users and support staff to know what decisions are happening behind the scenes to guide their support efforts.

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