VS2005 RTM Building

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Alex Clark

Hi All,

Anyone know if it's possible (and how) to configure VS2005 to build
assemblies for .NET 1.1? Obviously I wouldn't be using any of the new
features of v2.0 of the framework in my project, but I'd much rather use the
new version of VS as a dev environment because it's so much slicker.

I ran across a tool to do it on the web called MSBuild Toolkit but it
doesn't seem to work with RTM (it just crashes VS) and hasn't been updated
in a long while.

Surely there must be a way to do this in RTM?

Thanks,
Alex Clark
 
You cannot compile for 1.1. You can, if you avoid 2.0 features, set up a 1.1
build file (.bat file is one option) or create a project in 1.1 and add the
files and compile. The IDE is targeted on 2.0.

The Build bits will likely be updated with the finjal Team System bits,
which are currently (as of release of VS) in beta 3.

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Thanks for pointing me in this direction, however I think this is
unfortunately C# only? :-(

From what I read, the RTM version of the MSBuild Toolkit should be released
in the next week or so and hopefully that'll do the trick.

Thanks,
Alex Clark
 
Hi

Thanks for your knowledge sharing.


Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Hi Peter,

This is the .NET 2.0 redistributable package containing the MSBuild command
line tool. What I'm looking for is a method of targeting .NET 1.1 from
within VS2005 (VB.NET).

I read on someone's blog about the "MSBuild Toolkit", which was a tool to do
exactly that, however it doesn't yet work with the RTM release of Whidbey.
I read recently however that MS are planning to "unofficially" support
targeting 1.1 from VS2005 with their own toolkit. Any ideas when this is
likely to be made available?

Thanks,
Alex Clark
 
Hi Alex,

Yes, you are right, to build 1.1 on .NET 2.0 IDE with MSBuild is not
supported.
As for MSBuild Toolkit, I think you may try to wait. But I think it may be
need some time because the RTM is released recently.

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 
Hi Peter,

I understand MS are planning their own solution to this, codenamed MSBee (MS
Build Everett Environment), which they will release but not provide official
support for. I realise MS don't give away release dates, but is there a
ballpark figure for when we might expect this? i.e. are we looking at weeks
or months?

Thanks,
Alex Clark
 

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