You can go back, providing you have not used 2.0 only features. The process
is semi-manual. Create a new 2003 project and add existing items from the
2005 project. You can then recompile the project and you are running under
2003. If you have used any 2005 features, it will balk at the compile.
--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
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Think Outside the Box!
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[quoted text, click to view] "Roger" wrote:
> I was trying the VS2005 Beta c# development. It has now expired. I have
> VS2003, is there any way of tranferring
> the code (specifically the form design) into VS2003, or is is a manual job.
>
> I suppose its taught me never to try a Beta again!
>
> (And another thing, although I have uninstalled the Beta, its still left a
> file association on the machine - is there any way
> of cleaning this off preferably without flattening?)
>
>
>
Express editions, RTM, are $49, not free. You can still download the free
betas, AFAIK.
--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
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Think Outside the Box!
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[quoted text, click to view] "David Browne" wrote:
>
> "Roger" <roger_a_h@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:8Tu9f.14738$Sx4.4068@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
> >I was trying the VS2005 Beta c# development. It has now expired. I have
> >VS2003, is there any way of tranferring
> > the code (specifically the form design) into VS2003, or is is a manual
> > job.
> >
> > I suppose its taught me never to try a Beta again!
>
> The point of a Beta is to try out something you might like to use once it's
> released.
>
> >
> > (And another thing, although I have uninstalled the Beta, its still left a
> > file association on the machine - is there any way
> > of cleaning this off preferably without flattening?)
> >
>
> The form design won't port back easilly. It uses partial classes, which is
> a new .NET 2.0 feature.
>
>
> But why not just get VS2005 (Express Edition is free). For anything beyond
> the capabilities of Express Edition you can always write your code in
> notepad, and compile with the command-line compilers in the .NET 2.0
> Framework SDK (also free).
>
> David
>
>
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