Re: opening vs.net 2008 project in 2005 version
- From: prateek aggarwal <prateekagarwal99@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:59:33 +0530
yeah actually, the difference is not just .net framework, but there
are some other differences as well. For instance,
vs.net 2005 solution files are of version 9.00, while its version 10.00 in 2008.
I have tried changing the version of .sln files to 9.0 to make it
work in vs.net 2005, which has sometimes done the trick for me, but I
found out by my experiments, that if there are any projects and/or
settings that are new to Vs2008 (i.e. usage of new language
constructs, designer interfaces, etc.), the solution can fall apart.
One work around that I’ve been trying just today morning involves
adding projects created in Vs2008 directly into an existing Vs2005
solution.
Basically, I’ve created a project in vs.net 2005 and given it the same
name as the project in 2008 which I wanted to open, and then added
the project created in 2008 in 2005.
With some research I got to know that Vs2008 projects are not
explicitly blocked from being opened/added to Vs2005 solutions. The
motivation behind this decision was to ensure that visual studio
would remain performant by avoiding the performance hit of checking
the versioning of every single project in a solution on startup.
this trick was sometimes working and sometimes not. Since I’ve tried
it very freshly, can't state much at the moment. perhaps, i'll have to
explore it a bit more.
also, i'm aware that there are differences in .csproj files too, but
i'm yet to explore more about that too.
as said, wondering if there is an application which does the task
automatically.
the reason i'm trying to find the possibilities is that shortly i'm
going to work with multi-targeting, it could be possible that me or
my team may have a need to share solutions between Visual Studio 2005
and Visual Studio 2008.
in such scenario this could be a major problem, hence i'm trying to
prepare myself for this.
i'd like to know your experiences if you have tried opening vs.net
2008 projects in 2005.
regards,
prateek agarwal.
On 10/26/10, black ares <matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hello,
> Visual studio 2005 supports dotnet 3 by some extensions.
> there are visual studio 2005
> windows workflow and windows comunication fondation extensions
> and even visual studio 2005 windows presentation fundation extensions.
> But I don't know that this help to open a vs 2008 project in a vs 2005.
> May be the difference is not only the dotnet framework, but even the project
> file format.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "prateek aggarwal" <prateekagarwal99@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "programmingblind" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 7:17 AM
> Subject: opening vs.net 2008 project in 2005 version
>
>
> hi guys,
> I was wondering, is it possible to open the projects created in
> vs.net 2008 in vs.net 2005?
>
> I know, it doesn’t do automatically, but like we have office
> compatibility pack for opening office 2007 (.docx) files in office
> 2003, is there a way for this as well?
>
> Though I don’t think it might be possible because vs.net 2008 uses
> .net framework 3.5 which is obviously not supported by 2005, but I’m
> still curious to know if there’s a way out somewhere in the world to
> do the same.
>
> Regards,
> Prateek agarwal.
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