[DarkMode] 'Application' does not contain a definition for 'SetColorMode' after .NET 10.0 is installed

[chaowendy]

.NET version

9.0.100-rc.2.24474.11

Did it work in .NET Framework?

No

Did it work in any of the earlier releases of .NET Core or .NET 5+?

This is a new feature Dark Mode: #11857

Issue description

When enable DarkMode by Application.SetColorMode(SystemColorMode.Dark) in Program.cs file with .NET 10.0 installed, there are 2 errors as follows:

More Info: After uninstalling .NET 10.0, the 2 errors disappeared

Steps to reproduce

1. Install .NET 10.0 SDK ;
2. Create a .NET Winforms project ;
3. Enable DarkMode by Application.SetColorMode(SystemColorMode.Dark) in Program.cs file and observe.

[KlausLoeffelmann]

.NET 10 SDK is in alpha, and I am not sure at this point, that everything is integrating already as it is supposed to be.

But I agree, it sounds peculiar that the 10 SDK would then overwrite, what, the WinForms reference assemblies? And also, with what version? 8? Weird.

Let me take a look.

[KlausLoeffelmann]

As I said. Currently, the .NET 10 alpha pulls in:

C:\.tools\.nuget\packages\microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.ref\9.0.0-preview.7.24405.2\ref\net9.0\System.Windows.Forms.dll

Which is not the correct version. I expect this to change with upcoming versions.
Closing this, as it will get fixed once the integration is up to date.

@JeremyKuhne, @Shyam-Gupta.

[chaowendy]

Hi @KlausLoeffelmann , there are 3 scenarios：

1. DarkMode is supported when I install SDK 10.0 and create a 10.0 project.
2. DarkMode is not supported when I install SDK 10.0 and create a 9.0 project.
3. DarkMode is supported when I uninstall SDK 10.0 and create a 9.0 project.

So from the last 2 scenarios, with the SDK 10.0 installed, Dark theme for 9.0 project is not supported. Is that expected? Thanks.