>At this time there is no documented method to use version 3.x with SPFx versions earlier than 1.12.1. We recommend that you fall back to using <a href="../v2/SPFx-on-premises/">version 2</a> of the library or update your SPFx version.</p>
<h3 id="imports-and-usage">Imports and usage<a class="headerlink" href="#imports-and-usage" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Because SharePoint Framework provides a local context to each component we need to set that context within the library. This allows us to 