Windows Vista development

[^Johnny2Bad]

Just curious as too what I should install on Vista too do some development in VB & VC++ (managed/unmanaged). As I have recently made the move too Vista (I could tell you some stories).

I have visual studio 2005 and 2003 .NET. What should I install? I'm not particularly overjoyed at the idea of doing beta testing off M$ products so I don't really want too download studio 2008 beta.

Talking about 2008, when is that going too be released?

Any suggestions as too what I should install etc would be much appreciated including what .NET runtime I should aim for.

Thanking you in advance,
Joanthan.

PS-: Sorry if this is the wrong forum for this subject.

[dglienna]

2008 is in Beta, and is built for Vista/ Server 2008 with IIS7

[^Johnny2Bad]

Thanks for the info about Visual Studio 2008 .NET dglienna, however I want too get started with Visual Studio 2005 with any extensions I may require.

So...
1) I have too install VS 2003
2) Install VS 2005 as this is an upgrade package from 2003.
3) Should I install all the .NET libraries or just continue from .NET 3.0+?
4) What .NET SDK should I install?
5) What else has too be installed?

See I'm a bit lost here, I don't know what too do with the .NET libraries basically. I am also lacking info on the express versions that I understand are available for download.

Another question regarding Vista, how do you get a list of .NET installed runtime libraries?

Thanking you in advance,
Jonathan.

[dglienna]

You don't need VS2003, if you have VS 2005. 2005 requires Net 2.0, so you'll get that. VS 2003 requires Net 1.0, and 2008 requires Net 3.0

Any SDK should be for 2005. There are different ones, for Compact Deployment, and other things. Get what you need.

[^Johnny2Bad]

Thankyou dglienna, I will give it a wack and see how it goes. I'm pretty sure however that I do need too install visual studio 2003, as the version of visual studio 2005 is an upgrade version. However I will keep this thread going with my progress.

[dglienna]

of course. you can have all three side by side. 2005 is the most important today, but 2008 is coming up fast.

[^Johnny2Bad]

Well you were right, I could just install from 2005 upwards. Unfortunatley I am unable too continue with installation at the moment because I have run out of bandwidth and there are some hefty service packs etc too download.

Thanks for your help,
Jonathan.

PS-: Will continue to notify you guys once I have a new months bandwidth.

[^Johnny2Bad]

Okay I think I have VS 2005 .NET running with the .NET 3.5 framework, however I don't know how too verify this. So this is more of a Vista question, how do you check what .NET components have been installed on a Vista box?

Regards,
Jonathan.

[dglienna]

Counted 26 Microsoft programs in Control Panel -> Programs & Updates
I have Office 2007 & VS 2008 w/updates. Not much else.

Any version installed of Net is in there

[HanneSThEGreaT]

Vista comes standard with .NET Framework 3.0.

you could look in the Control Panel, Program Features, in there you'll find "turn Windows features on or off", which will open up a dialog box where you can choose some additional features, such as the .NET Frameowrk ( to make sure it is "active" ) and IIS 7, with the IIS 6 compatibility so that you can run your ASP.NET apps as well

[^Johnny2Bad]

Thank you guys. Now the ultimate test, building some applications!

Regards,
Jonathan.

[Kevin McFarlane]

Just curious as too what I should install on Vista too do some development in VB & VC++ (managed/unmanaged). As I have recently made the move too Vista (I could tell you some stories).

I have visual studio 2005 and 2003 .NET. What should I install? I'm not particularly overjoyed at the idea of doing beta testing off M$ products so I don't really want too download studio 2008 beta.

Talking about 2008, when is that going too be released?

VS 2008 is available now to MSDN Subscribers. All the VS 2008 Express editions are available now to everyone. Also the .NET 3.5 runtime is.

The official launch date for VS 2008 is the end of February. You can assume that boxed copies will be available before then.

Any suggestions as too what I should install etc would be much appreciated including what .NET runtime I should aim for.

It all depends what kinds of app. you want to develop. If you plan to do WPF then realistically you'll need. VS 2008 (at least VB Express 2008 in your case) plus possibly Expression Blend (not cheap). Otherwise you can use VS 2005 to do other .NET 3.0 development, e.g., WCF, WF.

If you need to try the full version of VS 2008 there is a 90-day trial you can download.