Installing VIsual Studio 2002 and Visual Studio 2003 on the same PC

[Paul]

Hi,

I have Visual Studio.Net 2002 and the .Net Framework 1.0 on my PC. I
am considering moving to Visual Studio 2003 and .Net Framework 1.1 for
any new projects. Before I begin just wondering if its okay to install
both versions on the same PC and if there are any issues I should be
aware of. I want to retain the ability to edit/update my old 1.0
projects in Visual Studio 2002 without upgrading them. Basically I
want to have both versions of Visual Studio and the Framework on the
same box.

I'm aware of the notion of side-by-side execution of the .NET
Framework but does it extend to the Visual Studio itself.

Thanks,

Paul

 

[Shankar]

Hi Paul,
It does. What you need to be aware is your web projects. The newer
version of studio can run both 1.1 & 1.0 version. But 2002 can host
only 1.0 version. So everytime you want to do a web project - you
need to check the version what your IIS is hosting. You can also use
the ASP.NET version switcher for this.
http://www.denisbauer.com/NETTools/ASPNETVersionSwitcher.aspx
Regards
Shankar
11/24/2004 2:57:42 PM

 

[Paul]

Hi Shankar,

Thanks for the reply. Web projects is what I'm interested in. When you
say "you need to check the version what your IIS is hosting" - am I
right in saying that you can install both versions of the Framework on
your IIS server and by editing your web projects web.config file you
can direct IIS which version to use.

Thanks,

Paul