I want to create a C++ Win32 Application project in Visual Studio 2008, but I don't have that option (as in comparison to Visual Studio 6.0). How can I get that option back or create an equivalent project?
The Option in VS 6.0 looks like this:
Whereas it's missing in VS 2008:
In VS 2008, choose the "Win32 Project" wizard to generate the equivalent of a VS 6 "Win32 Application".
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I will like to create something similar to: http://www.add-in-express.com/docs/net-excel-rtd-servers.php
When I open visual studio I do not have that project type even though I am running it as an administrator...
what do I have to do so that I can have that project type (ADX RTD Server) on visual studio?
You simply need to have Add-in Express for Office and .net installed. There is no trial version for Visual Studio 2010, but if you have VS 2012, you can download a 60-day evaluation version of Add-in Express from Visual Studio Gallery:
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/A4880BFE-A230-44B6-9D23-86AFAA1A2997
My application uses some dll which have been developed using MFC VS 2005. My current application is built using VS 2008 VC++dot net. How can i get the installer to include the Visual c++ runtime libraries???
In a Visual Studio setup project you can add the Visual C++ Redistributables as prerequisites:
right-click your setup project in Solution Explorer
click Prerequisites button
select the prerequisites you want to include
Is it possible to create a VB6 application in Visual Studio 2010 for creating COM applications?
No, this is not possible. VB6 application cannot be created in any version of Visual Studio beyond Visual Studio 6.0 SP6.
You can, however, write assemblies in .Net (any version) that are "Com visible."
You can set an assembly as "Com Visible" by checking the "Make COM Visible" checkbox on the project settings dialog in whichever version of Visual Studio (that supports .Net) you choose.
I was hoping there would an option somewhere that would just let me open my VS 2008 projects and continue working in .Net 3.5 - while using some of the neat new VS UI enhancements.
Yes, Visual Studio 2010 allows you to target previous versions of the CLR/.NET framework at the project level.
When you open the Visual Studio 2008 project file in Visual Studio 2010 it will convert the project file for you. Once this is done, it will be smart enough to target the proper framework and runtime version for you (.NET 3.5 and CLR 2). If it doesn't, you can change this yourself on the property sheet for the project.
I am developing a Windows Application using the .net Framework 2.0 and Visual C#(Microsoft Visual Studio 2008) in my PC.
On the completion of my project I have to execute it in a system which has Visual Studio 2005 and .net framework 2.0.
So my doubt is if I develop an application in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 will I be able to execute it in Visual Studio 2005 properly? Is it possible?
Please help me!
Thanks in advance!
The project files are compatible between the two IDEs, but the solution files are not. You may be able to execute it in VS2005 if you create a new solution in 2005 and add the projects to the new solution.
http://blogs.msdn.com/djpark/archive/2007/11/07/how-to-use-solutions-and-projects-between-visual-studio-2005-and-2008.aspx
Create the project in Visual Studio 2005
Save a copy of it somewhere
Upgrade to Visual Studio 2008, do your development work.
Drop your finished project back into your original Visual Studio 2005 project and compile
There should be minimal differences in the code so long as you don't use any .NET 3.5 features.
Note: So long as you use .NET 2.0 features only, the project will run just fine on the Visual Studio 2005 machine
It depends on what you mean by 'execute'. You can run your application just fine on your target machine, that has nothing to do with Visual Studio. As long as the framework version is the same (or higher) you should have no problems.
However, if you want to open your solution in Visual Studio 2005 while it was built using 2008, you will run into problems, as they are not backwards compatible.
Replace Version 10.0 in *.sln files with Version 9.00
Replace 2008 with 2005 in *.sln
Replace Version="9.00" with Version="8.00" in each *.vcproj file