Tutorial 4: Updating Traditional Bridge

Before we go any further, we'll use the Harmony Core upgrade tool to make sure Traditional Bridge components are up to date. The Harmony Core upgrade tool does three things: it updates Traditional Bridge library code, it provides updated versions of all CodeGen templates, and it checks all your projects to make sure they are using the latest released version of Harmony Core and appropriate versions of all dependencies.

1. In Visual Studio, select Tools > Command Prompt (x64) to open a command prompt window.

2. In Visual Studio, select File > Close Solution from the menu to close the Harmony Core solution.

3. In the command prompt window, move to your main solution directory (the directory with the .sln file for your solution) and execute the following command:

   harmonycore upgrade-latest
   

   You will be required to enter YES to confirm the upgrade, and you should see output like this:

   This utility will make significant changes to projects and other
   source files in your Harmony Core development environment. Before
   running this tool, we recommend checking the current state of your
   development environment into your source code repository, taking a
   backup copy of the environment if you don't use source code control.
   
   Type YES to proceed:
   YES
   Checking for current version info
   Detected invalid solution dir '', ignoring and using standard search path
   Scanning 'D:\hc\tut2h\MyApi' for HarmonyCore project files
   Using MSBuild from path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\6.0.406
   
   Updating template files in C:\hc\tutorial\MyApi\Templates
   Found template files in C:\hc\tutorial\MyApi\Templates\MySQL
   Found template files in C:\hc\tutorial\MyApi\Templates\SignalR
   Found template files in C:\hc\tutorial\MyApi\Templates\ReactRedux
   Found template files in C:\hc\tutorial\MyApi\Templates\TypeScript
   Found template files in C:\hc\tutorial\MyApi\Templates\TraditionalBridge
   Updating traditional bridge files in C:\hc\tutorial\MyApi\TraditionalBridge\Source\Bridge
   

4. Close the command prompt, and then open the solution in Visual Studio.

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