VS2005

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bruce wayne

Hi,

I have maybe a stupid question. I have an application using windowsforms
which is programmed in an older Version of VS. Now there is the question, if
I buy the new VS2005, are there any changes to forms so that the application
does not run anymore?

mfg Bruce
 
The conversion should be relatively quick. You may get some compile
errors initially because a few of the classes are gone, but most of
them are job obsoleted. We found that the compile errors were
relatively easy and quick to fix.

As for new development though, a lot has changed. A lot of the forms
items have changed substantially, especially menu stuff. You can still
use the old ones, but the new items have a lot more functionality and
are the only ones available in your designer toolbox by default (such
as the mainmenu being gone and replaced with toolstrip stuff, etc).
 
burce,

VS2005 comes with a tool for converting old projects to VS2005. However
there are changes in the framework there is a possibility that you need to
tweek the code so it compiles and runs without problems. I would say that
only for small projects the conversion will go smoothly. There are big
chances that you need to fix things in your code.
 
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