asked on upgrading visual studio 2005 to 2008
Hi Gudmrng Everybody,
I am upgrading my system from visual studio 2005 to visual studio 2008.Here they developed many applications in VS 2005..I would like to know if there will be any problem if i upgrade my visual studio to vs 2008...Please give suggestions soon...Will VS2008 supports the files developed in VS2005 ?
I am upgrading my system from visual studio 2005 to visual studio 2008.Here they developed many applications in VS 2005..I would like to know if there will be any problem if i upgrade my visual studio to vs 2008...Please give suggestions soon...Will VS2008 supports the files developed in VS2005 ?
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mostly you will not face problems and when you open a any solution it will ask you to convert to 2008
As stated above, 2005 is forward compatible, after a conversion via 2008/2010/2012
It is not backword compatible.
Also, if you have additional components such as infragistics, some may be outdated and will have to be repaired.
Otherwise, you will have no, or minimal imperfections durring the process
It is not backword compatible.
Also, if you have additional components such as infragistics, some may be outdated and will have to be repaired.
Otherwise, you will have no, or minimal imperfections durring the process
It's easy to test it. Simply copy the 2005 project and back it up. Then upgrade to project to 2008 and test it. If there's any problem, just rebuild the 2005 project until you're satisfied that you know what the problems are.