framework compatibility check

15 Jun 2009 6:35 PM

John Devlon

Hi,

With this post, I would like to ask a question.

I've created a small application using XP/visual studio 2008.

I would like to use it on a windows 2000 prof platform. How can I check in
visual studio if the application is backwords compatible with older
frameworks under 2000?

Thanx

John

15 Jun 2009 8:43 PM

Family Tree Mike

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"John Devlon" <johndev***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> With this post, I would like to ask a question.
>
> I've created a small application using XP/visual studio 2008.
>
> I would like to use it on a windows 2000 prof platform. How can I check in
> visual studio if the application is backwords compatible with older
> frameworks under 2000?
>
> Thanx
>
> John
>
>
>
>

You cannot tell within visual studio. .Net 2.0 is compatible with win2k,
but 3.5 is not. .Net 3.5 requires win2k3 at a minimum. You need to look at
the downloads system requirements, such as
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en

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Mike

15 Jun 2009 9:47 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"John Devlon" <johndev***@hotmail.com> schrieb:
> With this post, I would like to ask a question.
>
> I've created a small application using XP/visual studio 2008.
>
> I would like to use it on a windows 2000 prof platform. How can I check in
> visual studio if the application is backwords compatible with older
> frameworks under 2000?

You could set up a test machine inside VPC. If you are an MSDN subscriber,
you also get Windows 2000 for this purpose.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

16 Jun 2009 5:11 AM

Cor Ligthert[MVP]

John,

The frameworks have to be OS independent, although there are some things
which don't work on W98 and Millennium.

Be aware that there are problems between version Net 1.1 and 2.0 so if you
have a program that is written with version 2002 or 2003 you need the
Framework 1.1 beside 3.5

Cor

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"John Devlon" <johndev***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> With this post, I would like to ask a question.
>
> I've created a small application using XP/visual studio 2008.
>
> I would like to use it on a windows 2000 prof platform. How can I check in
> visual studio if the application is backwords compatible with older
> frameworks under 2000?
>
> Thanx
>
> John
>
>
>
>