Add reference to a .NET Core 2.0 DLL on a Full Framework 4.7 project

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I looked for this question in here but I didn't find the answer.

I have a Class Library project targeting .NET Core 2.0 and a WPF project targeting .NET Full Framework 4.7. I can't reference the class library on the WPF project. I get the following error:

Project 'xxxxxxxx' targets '.NETCoreApp,Version=v2.0'. It cannot be referenced by a project that targets '.NETFramework,Version=v4.7'.

Is there any way to reference a .NET Core project in a Full Framework one?

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May be this helps hanselman.com/blog/… – Amogh

1 Answers

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You cannot add a reference to a .NET Core project to a .NET Framework project.

To share code between .NET Core and .NET Framework apps / libraries, the shared project must target .NET Standard. If you create a .NET Standard 2.0 project, it can be used in .NET Framework 4.6.1+ projects and .NET Core 2.0+ projects.