Can dotnet Framework 3.5 used in VS2005?

Hi, can I upgrade the dotnet framework from 2.0 to 3.5, and use it in my
VS2005 projects development?


Thanks

Scott
Sat Apr 26 00:31:32 CDT 2008

No.


"chyong" <chyong@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, can I upgrade the dotnet framework from 2.0 to 3.5, and use it in my
> VS2005 projects development?
>
>
> Thanks

RobinS
Sat Apr 26 22:28:48 CDT 2008

I think you can install the WPF and WCF and WF extensions to .Net 2.0 for
VIsual Studio 2005, and use those. You can't target the 3.0 or 3.5 framework
specifically, or use .Net 3.5, without upgrading to VS2008 though.

RobinS.
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"chyong" <chyong@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, can I upgrade the dotnet framework from 2.0 to 3.5, and use it in my
> VS2005 projects development?
>
>
> Thanks

Scott
Sun Apr 27 19:52:53 CDT 2008

That's a little misleading. You don't really "target" the 3.0 or 3.5
frameworks in the same sense that you "target" the 1.0, 1.1 or 2.0
frameworks. You can, however, use the 3.0 framework by installing the 3.0
framework and adding the extensions to VS as you mentioned.

-Scott

"RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message
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>I think you can install the WPF and WCF and WF extensions to .Net 2.0 for
>VIsual Studio 2005, and use those. You can't target the 3.0 or 3.5
>framework specifically, or use .Net 3.5, without upgrading to VS2008
>though.
>
> RobinS.
> GoldMail.com
>
> "chyong" <chyong@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DFDEA248-10BE-4F96-B674-96BCD0028E65@microsoft.com...
>> Hi, can I upgrade the dotnet framework from 2.0 to 3.5, and use it in my
>> VS2005 projects development?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>

RobinS
Sun Apr 27 23:31:49 CDT 2008

I was referring to the capability in VS2008 to let you denote which
framework you are targeting. My presumption is that if you target .Net 2.0,
you can not compile a project with .Net 3.0 components in it.

RobinS.

"Scott M." <smar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> That's a little misleading. You don't really "target" the 3.0 or 3.5
> frameworks in the same sense that you "target" the 1.0, 1.1 or 2.0
> frameworks. You can, however, use the 3.0 framework by installing the 3.0
> framework and adding the extensions to VS as you mentioned.
>
> -Scott
>
> "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message
> news:bpOdnYYQnYFtb47VnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>I think you can install the WPF and WCF and WF extensions to .Net 2.0 for
>>VIsual Studio 2005, and use those. You can't target the 3.0 or 3.5
>>framework specifically, or use .Net 3.5, without upgrading to VS2008
>>though.
>>
>> RobinS.
>> GoldMail.com
>>
>> "chyong" <chyong@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DFDEA248-10BE-4F96-B674-96BCD0028E65@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi, can I upgrade the dotnet framework from 2.0 to 3.5, and use it in my
>>> VS2005 projects development?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>
>

Scott
Mon Apr 28 07:05:56 CDT 2008


"RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message
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>I was referring to the capability in VS2008 to let you denote which
>framework you are targeting. My presumption is that if you target .Net 2.0,
>you can not compile a project with .Net 3.0 components in it.
>
> RobinS.

But when you install the 3.0 Framework and the VS extenstions for WCF and
WPF into VS 2005, you are still working against the 2.0 CLR (framework) but
using 3.0 components. So, you can, in fact, do exactly what you presume you
can't do.

That's my point, the 3.x Framework sit on top of the 2.0 Framework and so
you don't "target" the 3.x frameworks like you do the others.

-Scott

Michael
Mon Apr 28 19:28:05 CDT 2008

"Scott M." <smar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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>
> "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message
> news:kbSdnVCBdbGrzojVnZ2dnUVZ_rmjnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>I was referring to the capability in VS2008 to let you denote which
>>framework you are targeting. My presumption is that if you target .Net
>>2.0, you can not compile a project with .Net 3.0 components in it.
>>
>> RobinS.
>
> But when you install the 3.0 Framework and the VS extenstions for WCF and
> WPF into VS 2005, you are still working against the 2.0 CLR (framework)
> but using 3.0 components. So, you can, in fact, do exactly what you
> presume you can't do.
>
> That's my point, the 3.x Framework sit on top of the 2.0 Framework and so
> you don't "target" the 3.x frameworks like you do the others.
>
> -Scott
Actually, you do "target" the framework. By doing so, the compiler knows
which DLLs are to be loaded at runtime.

Mike.

RobinS
Tue Apr 29 01:17:26 CDT 2008


"Scott M." <smar@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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>
> "RobinS" <robins@imnottelling.com> wrote in message
> news:kbSdnVCBdbGrzojVnZ2dnUVZ_rmjnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>I was referring to the capability in VS2008 to let you denote which
>>framework you are targeting. My presumption is that if you target .Net
>>2.0, you can not compile a project with .Net 3.0 components in it.
>>
>> RobinS.
>
> But when you install the 3.0 Framework and the VS extenstions for WCF and
> WPF into VS 2005, you are still working against the 2.0 CLR (framework)
> but using 3.0 components. So, you can, in fact, do exactly what you
> presume you can't do.
>
> That's my point, the 3.x Framework sit on top of the 2.0 Framework and so
> you don't "target" the 3.x frameworks like you do the others.
>
> -Scott
>


Okay, let me say this again with different words:

Unless you are using VS2008, in which case if you want to use 3.0 or 3.5 you
have to change the Target Framework property in the Application tab of the
project properties.

Do you have VS2008?

RobinS.
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