.NET Framework - Upgrade visual studio 2003 to visual studio 2008
Asked By yuekl
16-Nov-09 02:49 AM
Hi,
I wish to migrate my system from visual studio 2003 straight to visual
studio 2008, is not possible i can do that without go through visual studio
2005?
Thanks
Yue
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PvdG42 replied to yuekl
Assuming you are asking about upgrade vs. full product pricing, you should
contact your local Microsoft sales office for specifics. In general, Visual
Studio upgrade vs. full pricing ahs been available for any previous version
of VS (except Academic editions), but you should ask a sales rep to be sure.
From an installation perspective, each VS version installs as a separate
product, so you have no issues there.
Andrew Morton replied to yuekl
You can do that.
If you update an existing project, you will find that some things are
slightly different (e.g. System.Web.Mail was changed and moved to
System.Net.Mail) and you may need to update references (as seen in Solution
Explorer) to the newer versions of the dlls.
Andrew
Wilson, Phil replied to yuekl
Not sure what you think might happen, but 2008 does not replace 2003, it
installs side by side. Have both!
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Phil Wilson
The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972
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