Migration of Web Application with Multiple VB Class Projects to VS 2008

Question

Hello,

I am interested in any feedback on a project that was originally setup in VS2003 and that we are now migrating to VS 2008, with some apparent IDE reference issues.

The project, a sizable web-based intranet application was setup with a main web application project and then associated VB Class Projects that we modified to allow developers to add web objects.  Each project compiles into its own assembly.

This was done because we wanted to logically separate functionality and without an in-house source control mechanism, it made having more than one developer work on the project a bit easier to manage.

Can anyone see any possible issues in moving this into VS 2008?  We've already done a migration and overall the solution will compile.  However, within the IDE it appears there may be issues with referencing objects that are not part of the current project.

Thanks,

- Nick

Answer 1

Hi Nick

VS2003 is for .NET 1.1 while VS2005 for .NET 2.0, VS2008 supports multiple targets i.e. .NET 2.0/3.0/3.5, but .NET 1.1 is not supported in VS2008.

VS2005 has a conversion wizard for migration from VS2003 to VS2005, VS2008 also has a conversion wizard from VS2005 projects to VS2008.
Usually, the conversion wizard may not do all the work for you, in that case we have to do some manual work to fit into the new version.

FYI: as your projects is web-based, ASP.NET Forums should be the best place to consult further for details, there is also a forum dedicated to migration issues.

Thanks.

Figo Fei

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