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Compile and Build .NET Project in VS 2008

Good dya. I am new to this. I was given a project for testing that has source code in C# and is a .NET project. I need to compile it and build it into an executable that I can install on my Windows computer. I will be using Visual Studio 2008.

Help would be greatly appreciated!

mig1980

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Also, it looks like the project was created in a newer version than 2008 because I get and error when trying to open it. Any ideas?

kaufmed

You might try the method outlined in the selected comments here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vsprereleaseannouncements/thread/4345a151-d288-48d6-b7c7-a7c598d0f85e

I think the only other alternative would be to start a new 2008 solution, and then 'Add Existing' each code file to the solution.

mig1980

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That worked. I was able to open the project in VS 2008. Now how can I get this project as an executable so that I can install it?

mig1980

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I tried running the "Build" selection and I get the following error on 6 different areas in the project: "error CS0241: Default parameter specifiers are not permitted"

I looked online and it seems that default parameter specifiers are allowed in C# 4 which is what I imagine they used. How do I get around this to be able to build an executable? I don't want to change the code if possible.

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