Which Version Do I Need/Keep?

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Earl Partridge

It appears I have the basic version and version 1.1. I removed the basic
version thinking I only needed the latest version. I was then prompted by
MS Update that I should update with SP3 of version 1.0. Do I need to
keep both?
 
Earl Partridge said:
It appears I have the basic version and version 1.1. I removed the basic
version thinking I only needed the latest version. I was then prompted by
MS Update that I should update with SP3 of version 1.0. Do I need to
keep both?
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Each version is independent of others and applications written for the
various versions would be better off running on the specific version, yes.

Are you running .NET software or did you just install it via windows update?
 
It was installed from MS Updates. I don't know if my "developing"
requires .net framework or not. I do occasionally build .asp pages, I use
MS Access, some "programming" there and I keep an older verstion of
Visual Basic around and on rare occasions will tinker with a program that
I wrote quite a while back.

Maybe I don't even need .net framework?

Earl
 
I would. They can co-exist very nicely.

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Kevin Spencer
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I would have thought a later version number would indicate a replacement for
the earlier version. No so?
Earl
 
No, each framework is independent of the other. And because of that, if you have an application running built against a
particular framework ( 1,0,1.1, or 2.0) then you need that particular version of the framework on the system in order for it to
continue to function. The only thing you can do is to load the solution into the newer version of Visual Studio that works with
the new framework( essentially upgrading it) and recompile it with the newer version of the framework.
Also, be aware that once you import a solution from a previous version, it will not work in the previous development
enviroment..(an application originally built with VS2002 and then upgraded/imported to
VS2003). So, it is a good idea to make a copy of your project to work with for an upgrade and keep your original code elsewhere.
james
 
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