.NET Framework 2. Beta: final version?

Hi,

I want to develop an application with Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. But When
theo fficial release will happen in some months: will the 2.0 Framework be
changed, or does it stay the same as the current 2.0 Beta 2?

In cae it isn't the same: any harm for desisntalling it and installing the
new release at that moment,

thanks,

Pieter

DraguVaso wrote:

>I want to develop an application with Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. But When
>theo fficial release will happen in some months: will the 2.0 Framework be
>changed, or does it stay the same as the current 2.0 Beta 2?
>
>In cae it isn't the same: any harm for desisntalling it and installing the
>new release at that moment,

It won't be completely the same - it isn't the same even now, if you use
one of the various CTPs that have been published since beta 2. Anyway,
changes will hopefully not be too severe, many people have been developing
code for .NET 2 for a long time. But you should probably be prepared to do
very thorough testing when the final version is released.

As to the installation: You should be able to find a lot of information in
Google about the problems were facing when they tried to install CTPs and
betas over each other. I expect there will be a number of problems with
the final release as well. But I also expect these problems to be as small
as Microsoft can manage, because beta 2 presented a much more stable
platform than intermediate releases - and it even has a go-live license.


Oliver Sturm
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"DraguVaso" <pietercoucke@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I want to develop an application with Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. But When
> theo fficial release will happen in some months: will the 2.0 Framework be
> changed, or does it stay the same as the current 2.0 Beta 2?
>
> In cae it isn't the same: any harm for desisntalling it and installing the
> new release at that moment,
>
> thanks,
>
> Pieter
>
>
No guarantee that the official release will not be different. That's the
risk you take using a beta.
Please read the Go Live license provisions which make it pretty clear what
the risks are.
It's unlikely that you'll run into problems removing the beta Framework and
installing the release version (unless, of course, you've used features that
don't make it into the release), but again, no guarantees.

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/golive/

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Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.