Visual Studio 6 and .NET 2.0

[justin.creasy]

Hello, a lab that I help manage just got Visual Studio 6 for its
computer science class. We're having problems even getting simple
projects to compile on the computers in VS 6. We think one problem
might be that we're running .NET 2.0 framework on the same computers
for some applicaitons we're testing. Has anyone heard of compatibility
issues with .NET 2.0 Framework and older version of VS? I know that 2.0
works side-by-side of 1.1 and 1.0, but does it go further back to the
non .NET days?

 

[Barry]

Yes it does. I'm running VB6 & VS2003 on my machine with no problems.

Barry

 

[justin.creasy]

Thanks Barry. Have you tried .NET 2.0 framework yet, or just 1.1?

 

[Rob R. Ainscough]

I run VS 6, VS 2003 and VS 2005 (.NET 1.1, 2.0) all on the same PC, no
problems.

You might want to list your compile errors.

 

[pvdg42]

Thanks Barry. Have you tried .NET 2.0 framework yet, or just 1.1?

I had one PC at work that had (emphasis on past tense) VS 6, VS .NET 2003
and VS 2005 on it. I don't recall any issues, but I can't tell what types of
projects I ran on VS 6 in that environment beyond some C++ classroom demos
that I was making standards-compliant for VS 2005 (VC++ 8).
My gut feeling is that as VS 6 doesn't know what .NET is (in any version)
that there should not be issues.
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[justin.creasy]

It was 1001, a general compiler error. I'm waiting on more detailed
information from the teacher who uses the lab. Thanks for all the help
so far!

 

[justin.creasy]

Getting more up to date copies of VS is not a problem, the problem is
teachers who only have experience with VS 6 and not having the time
right now to train them for VS 2003 or 2005.

 

[Gabriel Magaña]

FWIW, I had no problems with vs6 + vs2003 + vs2005 on the same computer.

 

[pvdg42]

Getting more up to date copies of VS is not a problem, the problem is
teachers who only have experience with VS 6 and not having the time
right now to train them for VS 2003 or 2005.

I'm going to bite my tongue here, except to say this:
<begin rant>
I'm a college professor who teaches IT courses. It is, by definition, *my
job* to stay current and to teach what is current and marketable.
<end rant>
Good luck with the mix of software!

 

[Dick Grier]

Hi,

I have all three, Visual Studio 6, Visual Studio 2003, and Visual Studio
2005 running on the same machines, with no problem.

Dick

--
Richard Grier, MVP
Hard & Software
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth
Edition,
ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004.
See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information.

 

[Dick Grier]

When you reinstall Visual Studio 6, make sure that after the uninstall, you
delete the folder \Microsoft\Visual Studio, so that the reinstall is
"fresh." After the reinstall, apply SP5.

Without "hands-on" I have to guess that the compiler itself has been
corrupted. I haven't seen a similar problem, so this is just a guess.

Dick

--
Richard Grier, MVP
Hard & Software
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth
Edition,
ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004.
See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information.

 

[justin.creasy]

Hey Dick, I'm going to try all of that this weekend and post results.
Hopefully it just needs SP5