VB 2008 Express

[DeepButi]

Are there any functionalities missing on VB 2008 Express?

Is it safe to use it coming from a full VB.NET (v7) Visual Studio?

After discovering some important missing stuff on VC++ 2008 Express I would like to be sure before installing it, but I couldn't find any clear explanation.

Thanks

[HanneSThEGreaT]

have a look at these :
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2008/default.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/

[Shuja Ali]

VS 2008 supports framework .NET 2.0 , 3.0 and 3.5. I would be 98% sure that anything developed in VB 7 would work properly in 2008 too. However, the easiest way to check this would be to install 2008 and open your project in it and try to run it.

Unless you do this, it would be almost impossible to discuss what would work in your project and what would not.

[DeepButi]

HanneSThEGreaT,
I knew this ones, but even checking them I cannot identify anything related to "missing" functionalities on Express. Due to the (bad) experience with VC++ I was looking for some information before taking decissions.

Shuja Ali,
I'm sure VS 2008 supports 99.99% of VB.NET v7. The problem is that Express edition is a "limited" one.
Anyway, I installed it and it seems everything works. At least for a couple of projects I tested.
What worries me is to discover missing functionalities in some near future ... should I keep VS2005 installed just in order to not have future problems?

Thanks for your answers

[dglienna]

Even the full version has problems with the 2005 samples, and some other things. But as far as your question, the only thing missing are additional 'tools' that have nothing to do with the framework. All full 2008 apps should load in the Express version.

[Marraco]

Are there any functionalities missing on VB 2008 Express?

it looks like publishing is very limited, altough there alre a class you can write and add to your project to configure publishing, but still I have not played with it.