r.manikandan@gmail.com wrote:
> These different versions of frameworks which seems quite too many for
> me, do they provide any sort of downward compatibility. I mean can I
> assume that if I write a application on .net framework 2.0 will it work
> okay when I move to 3.0 ? Or do I need to do some sort of conversion?
>
> Is anyone have any personal experiences. I know that if we have to
> make use of new features we need to probably re-write some part of the
> applications, but when I really don't want to make any tangible changes
> to one of my application and still want to run it on the next framework
> version will it work ? Especially from 2.0 to 3.0.?

M> Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer) wrote:
>> From 2.0 to 3.0, you should be fine. Same with backwards
>> compatibility, except if you use some of the new features. You should
>> compile the final release in the version of the Framework you are
>> targeting for deployment.
>>
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>> Gregory A. Beamer
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>>> These different versions of frameworks which seems quite too many
>>> for me, do they provide any sort of downward compatibility. I mean
>>> can I assume that if I write a application on .net framework 2.0
>>> will it work okay when I move to 3.0 ? Or do I need to do some sort
>>> of conversion?
>>>
>>> Is anyone have any personal experiences. I know that if we have to
>>> make use of new features we need to probably re-write some part of
>>> the applications, but when I really don't want to make any tangible
>>> changes to one of my application and still want to run it on the
>>> next framework version will it work ? Especially from 2.0 to 3.0.?
>>>