Where to get Visual Studio LightSwitch 2012 Server Runtime from in Web Platform Installer?

Question

Note: This is cross-posted from Stackoverflow:

I have upgraded my 2011 Lightswitch app to 2012 RTM and it works fine locally. However, when I try to Publish it to my web server it fails.

I checked the Web Platform Installer on the live server and it does NOT have "Visual Studio LightSwitch 2012 Server Runtime without Local SQL" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Gg481779(v=vs.110).aspx) - it only has the 2011 version.

Where do I get the 2012 version from? There is very little info about it on the web.

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thanks, Rodney - PokerDIY Tourney Manager - Web/Desktop/WP7 Blind Timer

Answer 1

Just install the new .NET framework 4.5 in your IIS and change your directory application pool to this new framework.

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Answer 2

Ok, I will try that - however it was my understanding that LS2012 does not require .NET 4.5 - only 4.0?

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Answer 3

The .NET 4.5 framework was released at the same time as VS 2012, so LS V2 now uses that.

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Answer 4

Thanks Yann, however this is not making sense for me - I have managed to get it deployed and running without the .NET 4.5 framework installed - however it is crashing after a while (see other thread).

I will ask IT to install 4.5 on this server and see if it helps.

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Answer 5

Sorry, I'm not overly experienced with web applicatons, so I may be wrong here.

Actually, I just checked some of my applications that I'd been playing with upgrading, & it looks like they're all targeting .NET Framework 4, not 4.5 as I assumed, so it looks like I was wrong there.

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Answer 6

No worries.

FYI: I have solved all my upgrade issues and posted the complete solution here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12048611/where-to-get-visual-studio-lightswitch-2012-server-runtime-from-in-web-platform/12082585#12082585

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Answer 7

That's great!

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