3.0 Framework

[Dave]

If you have VS 2005 installed on your machine and you install the 3.0
Framework, if you want to build a 2.X based framework project, how dow you
do this ?

Dave

 

[Clive Dixon]

3.0 is just 2.0 with some extra assemblies for WF, WPF, WCF. Your
applications will still target the existing 2.0 assemblies.

 

[Dave]

Does it provide templates for new 3.0 projects ?

Are there options to still deploy against the 2.0 runtimes?

 

[Clive Dixon]

If you install the VS 2005 .NET 3.0 add-ins (you need to download the .NET
3.0 SDK and the VS add-ins separately from the .NET 3.0 framework runtime),
there are new templates with which you can create projects which use WF,
WPF, WCF. Obviously if you create such projects which reference any of these
new WF, WPF or WCF assemblies, then the target machine will need 3.0 on it.
If you create projects using any of the existing templates, then they will
target the existing 2.0 assemblies and the target machine will only need 2.0
on it.

 

[Dave]

Have you heard of anyone having a problem running VS 2005 and the 3.0
framework? Another developer here installed it and couldn't get his Visual
Studio to start again afterwards. He did say that he didn't install the SDK
and Addins.

 

[Jon Davis]

The 3.0 framework / SDK is built around VS 2005. Sounds like a system
specific issue.

Jon

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi Dave,

Are you installing the development environment(Visual Studio 2005 and
extensions...) on XP/2003 or Windows Vista?

For windows XP/2003, you just need to install the following compontents in
order:

Visual Studio 2005/.NET framework 2.0

..net framework 3.0 runtime

Windows Sdk for Vista

Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .net framework 3.0(WPF & WCF)...

Then, you can develop both .net framework 2.0 and .NET framework 3.0(WPF ,
WCF) applications without any problem. And you can choose the project
template respectively.


For Windows Vista, after install the Visual Studio 2005 sp1, you still need
to install a further update for vista before you install .NET 3.0
extensions. .NET framework 3.0 is preinstalled on Vista and you only need
to install windows SDK for vista and VS 2005 extensions for .net 3.0.

Here is a good blog entry introducing setup a .net 3.0 development
environment:

#Building a Perfect WPF Developer Workstation
http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/12/20/building-a-perfect-wpf-develop
er-workstation.aspx

and also a good article explain the .NET 3.0 deployment and how it
associate with .net framework 2.0:

#.NET Framework 3.0 Versioning and Deployment Q&A
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663314.aspx

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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[Dave]

Thanks for the information, I will give it a try.

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Thanks for your reply Dave,

If you have any further questions, please feel free to post here.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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