Using .Net 1.1 assemblies from a .Net 2.0 App

[CuriousGeorge]

Can anyone point me at some references that discuss the issues involved in
referencing .Net 1.1 assemblies from a .Net 2.0 application?

We are migrating our application to .Net 2.0 and have a number of 3rd party
assemblies that we leverage. Some of them do not yet have support for .Net
2.0. So I'm wondering what kind of problems I might be in for if I try to
combine the two. Obviously I'll need to have both versions of the framework
installed on the machine. Beyond that am I asking for trouble or should
this work seamlessly?

-Brett-

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi Brett,

So there is no such a list about running 1.1 code on .NET 2.0.
Here are the links you may take a look.
http://dotnetdebug.blogspot.com/2006/01/running-net-20-and-11-side-by-side.h
tml
http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archive/2004/07/22/190813.aspx

Commonly we suggest use app.config to force the .NET 1.1 code on .NET 1.1
runtime.
But so far we can not host two runtime in one process, so if we are going
to reference .NET 1.1 as a library in .NET 2.0, we can not run both .NET
1.1 and 2.0 runtime.
If so, I think we need to recompile the .NET 1.1. code on .NET 2.0 if there
is any error.
Or we can write another .NET 1.1 App to host the class library and
interactive with .NET 2.0 with remoting or other IPC(e.g. Web Service).
But commonly the .NET 1.1 code will run fine on .NET 2.0 this is the last
approach we may try.



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Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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[Jeroen Vandezande]

Can anyone point me at some references that discuss the issues involved in
referencing .Net 1.1 assemblies from a .Net 2.0 application?

We are migrating our application to .Net 2.0 and have a number of 3rd
party assemblies that we leverage. Some of them do not yet have support
for .Net 2.0. So I'm wondering what kind of problems I might be in for if
I try to combine the two. Obviously I'll need to have both versions of
the framework installed on the machine. Beyond that am I asking for
trouble or should this work seamlessly?

Hi,

I am in the same situation... I use .net 2.0 as dev platform, but I have
some 1.1 DLL's from a third party.
I just added those DLL's to the References of my project and they work
perfectly...
I had no problem at all...


Best Regards,

Jeroen Vandezande

 

[CuriousGeorge]

So as I understand it since my app is built on.Net 2.0 any assemblies I
reference will also use .Net 2.0 (even if they were built on .Net 1.1 and
..Net 1.1 is installed on the pc). This will all work as long as none of
those .Net 1.1 assemblies have compatibility issues with .Net 2.0. Correct?

This is good news as it gives my app a good chance of working without
waiting for my 3rd party libs to update to .Net 2.0. Obviously I'l have to
do some thorough testing but I'm optimistic.

-Brett-

 

[CuriousGeorge]

Great, that confirms what I understand. I just need to verify that all of
the 3rd party dlls built on .Net 1.1 are compatible with .Net 2.0.

Thanks...

-Brett-

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi Brett,

Yes, you are right.
In a process, there will be only one runtime, .NET 1.1 or .NET 2.0, but not
both.

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.