Is there a way to open a solution created in SharpDevelop 3.1 in Visual Studio 2005?
Here is the header of the solution file:
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
# Visual Studio 2008
# SharpDevelop 3.1.1.5327
Is it as simple as changing the version numbers in the header?
After modifying the solution file header, I was able to open and compile the solution in VS2005. Looks like file format is the same.
Here is the modified header:
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 9.00
# Visual Studio 2005
# SharpDevelop 3.1.1.5327
Related
Our Customer sent us code from an Old Visual Studio .NET project
The Customer wants us to assess if it is possible to upgrade the Old Visual Studio .NET project in such that it will work in Visual Studio 2013
My first approach was to try and run the Old Visual Studio .NET project in the corresponding Visual Studio .NET project that was used to Develop the aforementioned project at first.
please tell me how I would determine the Old version of Visual Studio .NET project that was used to create the project.
I opened the .SLN file using notepad, and the first 2 lines showed the following:
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 9.00
Visual Studio 2005
What does the above mean?
Open the .sln file in your favorite text editor (Notepad, if you don't have anything else will do), and check out the header:
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
The Format Version xx.xx should tell you which version of Visual Studio was used.
Version 12.00 --> Visual Studio 2013
Version 11.00 --> Visual Studio 2012
Version 10.00 --> Visual Studio 2010
Version 9.00 --> Visual Studio 2008
I have a project in Microsoft Visual Studios 2013 and I want to open it in Microsoft Visual Studios 2010. Is there any easy way? or Do I have to create a new project in 2010 and add all files from 2013 project?
Open you solution file in notepad. Make 1 change, as stated in Converting VS2012 Solution to VS2010:
Replace "# Visual Studio 2013" with "# Visual Studio 2010" (without
quotes.)
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/ef97fa9c-b89b-4a89-8bda-03457dff9c61/how-to-downgrade-from-visual-studio-2012-project-to-vs-2010
How to downgrade from Visual Studio 2012 project to Visual Studio 2008
I had some issues that were resolved by a combination of things. In my case I was converting a VB 2013 project to 2010. I solved it by:
Open the solution file in notepad (.sln)
Change these lines:
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
Visual Studio 2013
To:
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
Visual Studio 2010
I also had to update the references. I had the issue that it give an error every time I went to view designer. In my case it was:
Microsoft Excel 15.0 Object Library -> Microsoft Excel 14.0 Object Library
Microsoft Office 15.0 Object Library -> Microsoft Office 14.0 Object Library
Reassign the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Extensibility 5.3
open the solution file with notepad and editing like
Format Version 12.00===> Format Version 11.00
Visual Studio 2013===> # Visual Studio 2010
is also working
I changed ToolsVersion="12.0" to ToolsVersion="4.0" in my .csproj file and .csproj.user file, I hope it helps someone out there.
(credit to #PandiyanT and #talmok)
This worked for me: open the solution(.sln) file with Notepad and change right values to left values in this way :
Format Version 12.00 to Format Version 11.00
Visual Studio 2013 to # Visual Studio 2010
and then open visual C# project file with notepad and change right value to left value in this way :
ToolsVersion="12.0" to ToolsVersion="4.0"
For 2015 to 2010 Premium use these lines in the .sln file.
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.0
# Visual Studio 11
VisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
Had to change to these 2 lines. Changed from 12 to 11. And changed from 4.5 on the framework to 4.0 on the project file .csproj
<Project ToolsVersion="11.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
Think that I have two solutions: vs2009.sln and vs2010.sln. Both of solution files have the same extension (.sln) but they have different icons. And they are opened in the related version of visual studio. I wonder how does visual studio determine this?
Edit:
Visual studio version selecter is ok but i wonder how can the icon be different even the extensions are same? I used to know that every extension has only one icon in registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\explorer\Shell Icons
2.Edit: I found the answer finally. If anyone wonders about that, the answer is here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144122%28VS.85%29.aspx
Open your .sln file with Notepad or another text editor. Look for Format Version on the first line which correlates with a Visual Studio version. Here's some that I'm familiar with:
Format Version 8.00 is Visual Studio 2003
Format Version 9.00 is Visual Studio 2005
Format Version 10.00 is Visual Studio 2008
Format Version 11.00 is Visual Studio 2010
Format Version 12.00 is Visual Studio 2013
Solution files are text files.
The very first line contains version information.
For example, for a Visual Studio 2010 solution you will find:
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
Additionally, when you have several different versions of Visual Studio installed, the .sln file goes through the Visual Studio Version Selector utility that reads this and opens the corresponding version of Visual Studio. Check the .sln file associations.
Try opening the .sln in a notepad
the first line itself says Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00 or 11 or whatever version it is
How would you open a Visual Studio 2010 .sln file in Visual Studio 2008?
Is it possible? Are there any workarounds?
Have a look at these questions for information about how to convert the solution file between VS2008 and VS2010:
VS2010 possible to convert projects back to VS2008?
VS2010 and VS2008 project compatibility
But keep in mind, that once you have used some of the .NET 4 features (while in VS 2010), you will not be able to continue working with that solution in VS2008, since it does not support .NET 4. On the other hand, when using VS2010, you can still target .NET 3.5 or 2.0.
I think I need more information... but I will try it.
One option is to create a new project in VS 2008 and simply add the files to the project.
Other option is to edit the .sln file and replace* Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00.* with Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00.
The open the .csproj file and replace
with
Open the solution file (.sln) with notepad and change
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
Visual Studio 2010
to
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
Visual Studio 2008
Then open the solution file from visual studio 2008
I have created a project using Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 2.0.
Now I want to open it in Visual Studio 2005 (.NET Framework 2.0).
When I try to open the solution in Visual Studio 2005 it is showing an error as "It is created using the Higher versions".
So is there any way I could open the project in Visual Studio 2005?
Or should I redo the entire project in Visual Studio 2005?
Please help me out!
Thanks in advance!
You can edit the solution file and project files (not recommended, but you can). If it's a csproj file, change the line
<ProductVersion>9.0.30729</ProductVersion>
to
<ProductVersion>8.0.50727</ProductVersion>
If it's the sln file, change:
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
to
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 9.00
Try opening the project file instead of the solution file. Otherwise just create a new VS2005 project and add all the files and folders from the VS2008 project.
You can use Visual Studio Project Converter, a handy tool to convert between most versions of Visual Studio (VS 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2008).
But unfortunately, converting .NET projects is not supported.
I have just encountered the same problem.
Modifying the .sln file and .csproj file by notepad is the solution.
If want to know more about the file format, we can create a simple project both in VS2005 and VS2008, then compare the project files.