"Bill Gower" <billgower@charter.net> wrote in message
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>I have a new project starting up in which I wish to use WPF, WCF and WF.
>Is beta 2 stable enough to start a project? Can VS 2008 and VS 2005
>co-exist on the same machine without problems?
>
> Bill
>

"Scott M." <s-mar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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>
> "Bill Gower" <billgower@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:u%23P3Yio3HHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I have a new project starting up in which I wish to use WPF, WCF and WF.
>>Is beta 2 stable enough to start a project? Can VS 2008 and VS 2005
>>co-exist on the same machine without problems?
>>
>> Bill
>>
>
> You can use these features with VS 2005 as long as you've upgraded to SP1
> and installed the 3.0 version of the .NET Framework. But yes, all new VS
> editions can co-exist with previous ones. Projects, on the other hand,
> will convert up and can't be converted back down, so make backups of your
> projects before using them in '08. And, of course, never install a beta
> on a machine you care about, as it can cause problems with existing
> software and/or cause problems when you go to install the final release of
> the software.
>
> -Scott
>

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> "Bill Gower" <billgower@charter.net> schrieb:
>>I have a new project starting up in which I wish to use WPF, WCF and WF.
>>Is beta 2 stable enough to start a project? Can VS 2008 and VS 2005
>>co-exist on the same machine without problems?
>
> Besides the technical aspect I'd make sure that it's allowed to use the
> preview version to actually produce code and maybe go live prior to the
> launch (go-live license).
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote:
> "Bill Gower" <billgower@charter.net> schrieb:
> >I have a new project starting up in which I wish to use WPF, WCF and WF.
> >Is beta 2 stable enough to start a project? Can VS 2008 and VS 2005
> >co-exist on the same machine without problems?
>
> Besides the technical aspect I'd make sure that it's allowed to use the
> preview version to actually produce code and maybe go live prior to the
> launch (go-live license).

Bill Gower <billgower@charter.net> wrote:
> What is the anticipated release date for VS 2008? Have they given any idea
> yet?

>I have a new project starting up in which I wish to use WPF, WCF and WF.
>Is beta 2 stable enough to start a project? Can VS 2008 and VS 2005
>co-exist on the same machine without problems?