Top 15 Things to love about Visual Studio 2008 Express

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Josh — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:22:49 GMT

13. Multi-targeting or using VS 2008 for .NET Framework 2.0 Projects

Visual Studio 2008 is the first Visual Studio product that enables you to target multiple runtimes, so if your Web hosting company or your business only runs with .NET Framework 2.0, you can select 2.0 as your target Framework and it will still "just work" and even provide IntelliSense errors if you try to use something not available in 2.0 like LINQ.

Don't you mean 'kind of works'. Micrsoft missed the oppurtunity to make it just work.

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=299385

Top 15 Things to love about Visual Studio 2008 Express

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Mark Heath — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:23:21 GMT

nice to see the express product line improving. I'm very pleased to hear about #12 & #11

will we be able to develop Silverlight projects in express?

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danielfe — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:39:53 GMT

Mark - Good question on Silverlight support, we are planning to release an add-on to Visual Web Developer Express that would provide Silverlight tooling support around summertime of next year.

Thanks,

-Dan

Benefits of registering Microsoft Express versions

Craig Bailey Link Blog — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:35:16 GMT

I didn't realise there was a whole bunch of free stuff that you got when registering an Express product

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Richard B — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:02:04 GMT

Is it possible to produce a native x64 app/exe with VC++ 2008 Express ?

The MSDN docs mention it is possible by installaing the Windows SDK, but I have tried this and cannot get it to work. Are there any step-by-step instructions on how to do this (including URL's for the exact files/SDK's that need to be downloaded) ?

Thanks in advance!

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Ken — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:07:11 GMT

How many of these things apply to Visual Studio 2008 Professional as well? Specifically item 10 (registration freebies).

Thanks,

Ken

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Marco Vervoort — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:27:51 GMT

Am I able to install and use the C# Express and Web Developer Express simultaniously?

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danielfe — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:08:28 GMT

Ken - You'll need to install the Express Editions to get those benefits, but Express and Pro work side-by-side.

Marco - Yes, you can install C# and VWD Express side-by-side.

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Andrew VDB — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:22:59 GMT

Downloading it now

it took two days !!!! T_T

hope I can try it in saturday

however

salut !!!

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redsolo — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:57:30 GMT

Im still waiting to be amazed by the visual studio express. I havent seen any info that it contains support for unit testing, but i guess Express is not for real developers. Or perhaps that only shows that unit testing isnt a big thing in seattle.

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Andrew VDB — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:07:39 GMT

Hi, before deleting my comment, at least you read it please

I'm unable to register my visual studio express 2008

I do register, but I don't receive any mail confirmation

I just installed it, why my wpf control is not showed by default which mean I have to add it

thanks

Latest and greatest development toolset Visual Studio 2008 Releases

Academic Care Blog — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:57:25 GMT

Visual Studio 2008 with .NET Framework 3.5 , is the next generation of Microsoft's award-winning development

Latest and greatest development toolset Visual Studio 2008 Releases

Noticias externas — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:05:34 GMT

Visual Studio 2008 with .NET Framework 3.5 , is the next generation of Microsoft's award-winning

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Andrew VDB — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:37:47 GMT

I do register, unable to get any of those benefit things

I install it on two computer, the other works fine, the other one unable to install silverlight runtime, still no idea why

after trying it, no hard coding yet but

the feel of being forced

to move to vista

and buy expression blend

visual studio for coder, expression blend for designer

nah....should integrate it

move to vista eh........dunno.........are we developer should force consumer to move ?

intellisense faster, loading project slower

hope will find something that make me happy..............

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kev — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:48:00 GMT

hey i installed Visual C# 2008 express studio, is there any game development kit for C#? XNA isnt compatible with this version :(

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Chris — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:48:56 GMT

Is the ribbon bar controls free this time around? I just tried some of the registration benefits for vs2005, which did include that as well, but it was just a trial. Not much of a benefit...

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Lead_Programmer@Saltball_Software — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:25:25 GMT

"Shut up and gimme my compiler!!"

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Ivan Atanasov — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:10:26 GMT

hey i installed Visual C# 2008 express edition, is there any free web testing tool?

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Telerik (RadRibbonBar) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:49:08 GMT

Chris,

This is Telerik, the provider of the free RibbonBar. We are not sure that we will offer the Ribbon again this year (with the VS2008 Benefits), but the chances are high that we will.

At any rate, the Ribbon which comes with the registration benefits for vs2005 is not trial - it is a fully functional control. In case you have troubles with it, please post in the Telerik Forums and we will help you out.

Rob, Telerik

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real michaud — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:32:32 GMT

is there any support for microsoft office built into vs2008?

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John — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:45:49 GMT

The in-product documentation is a very sad hack job. Conceptual stuff is missing, sure, but so are references for classes and namespaces. It has about ten thousand broken links, too. Why ship this? Just fund MSDN servers and accept the increased traffic. That's what happens anyway.

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Alvin — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:35:54 GMT

Will Express editions support development of WF (3.5)applications?

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JJ — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:39:13 GMT

The new features are of the chain!

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Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:32:18 GMT

What is the size of the "Visual C++ Express 2008" download?

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Khaleel — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:10:53 GMT

Can I use both Orcas and VS 2008 express on same machine?

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danielfe — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:34:22 GMT

Yes, you can use VSTS and VS Express 2005 and 2008 all on the same machine.

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Mohamad Meqdadi — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:26:41 GMT

great work sql cuz many problems for programmers , using new database language Linq will be positive addition and i see olso a great support of disigning databases thnx Microsoft :-) .

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Me — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:20:28 GMT

Tell me what is original about this. All you did was copy Java, Adobe Flash and other companies then stamped "Microsoft" on it. Copy-cats.

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Jim Foye — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:35:37 GMT

I'm looking forward to Visual Studio 2008 service pack 1, where I presume that the cursor movement and object selection problems introduced in the webforms designer will be fixed.

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Ganesh — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:45:52 GMT

In Visual Studio 2008 Professional ,you get another neat feature of running unit tests!.

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Bob — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:05:06 GMT

How many megabytes is the Visual C++ Express 2008 download?

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BizTalker — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:04:13 GMT

Wake me when *any* version of Visual Studio 2008, Express or otherwise, supports BizTalk. Until then, it's dead to me.

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SW seeker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:44:04 GMT

Applications developed in VS2008 does not work on Windows server 2003. Gives invalid configuration file. But if we run the same application on any other windows OS, it works fine. Can anyone tell me whats the problem. Can it be fixed

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Barney.Parker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:00:54 GMT

Anyone got any idea how to get VS2K8Express registered?

Mine ran for 30 days, then gives a splash screen with a link to register.

I click it, log in with my LiveID, then get a blank page...

Tried mailing Microsoft, they just don't reply....

Tried Mailing Microsoft again, still no reply.....

6 weeks since it first gave up the ghost, and still nothing.....

Is there no way of registering manually? Don't MS know computers don't act as predictably as they're supposed to?

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danielfe — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:53:46 GMT

Barney,

This is most likely a result of trying to register with a Windows Live ID that has yet to be validated. To make sure a you ID has been validated, go to www.passport.com and log into account services and verify that the email address has been verified (what Live ID does is send you a confirmation email to the email address you used to register that you must click on the link to validate). Alternatively, you should be able to try to register again using another Windows Live ID that has already been verified.

Hope this helps,

-Dan

PS - If it doesn't, post more information to http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=24&SiteID=1 which is the installation and registration support forum

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LazyDeveloper — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:39:13 GMT

Wow, i cant even imagine that vs can be better then vs2005, but it can!(ahuet beru dve)

real thx man for this nice stuff =)

Visual Studio 2008 Centre in Silverlight

Christian Longstaff's Blog — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:30:07 GMT

One of the first Silverlight-enabled development centres for Visual Studio 2008 has been launched. Some

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muhammad aftab alam — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:41:38 GMT

its ok that .net framework is providing many new features but their advancement are very slow as there are lots of other utilities solving the same task.........i consider they should increase the pace of rapid development of up comming need of the developers...............

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Dennis — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:52:03 GMT

I have been attempting to get them to validate my email address for months now. For some reason, they do not seem capable of actually sending me an email. It is probably because it's not a microsoft owned domain name....

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Sandeep — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:23:48 GMT

I have installed a VS 2008 PRof version alongwith the product documenattion. However, on pressing F1 oa a keyword, I get an "Information not found" page. I tried to repair, re-install and even un-installed and re-installed VS but the problem persists. All repair, re-install, install goes off without a hitch - Sucess is reported each time !

Can someone help ?

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Chris — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:01:40 GMT

If I downloaded some DLL files off the codeplex website for a control that I want to use (a autohide/pinto control group)

How do I go from DLL to a control that I can place on my form?

Can this be done with the Express Edition? (C#)

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Bob — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:32:12 GMT

How many megabytes is the Visual C++ Express 2008 download?

By the way, I originally asked that question on February 22, 2008 (scroll up), and nobody has posted an answer.

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danielfe — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:08:52 GMT

Hey Bob,

Per Wes Hutchins from the Expres team, the C++ Express IDE without the .NET Framework is 79MB, this includes all pre-reqs like VC redist, headers, Win32 libs, and other SDK tools.

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Arun — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:38:03 GMT

Please let me know that, what are the important features not supported by the Express edition (Microsoft Visual Studio 2008).

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Richard — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:03:03 GMT

I cannot believe some of the negative comments here. I have worked in IT for many years and remember having to write my C and Java programs with the UNIX vi editor (look it up).

These products are superior quality development platforms with so many excellent features that it is easy to write good quality programs. And the number one feature which so often gets overlooked is that they cost ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

And no, I do not work for Microsoft, but I do recognise quality when I see it.

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alawi — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:25:20 GMT

i love visual studio even before i learn it.

thanks for microsoft, i wish i could reoward this great company that serves the humanity around the world.

if i become a successful programmer, i will do my best to serve microsoft and the humanity.

but now, i can only pray that Allah(God) protect it and make it more successful

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Abhishek Agrawal — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:39:56 GMT

Gr8 stuff. Could please post detailing of some interesting facts like LINQ-TO-SQL view.