VS 2010 and VS 2011 side by side

Question

Hi, 

As per this post 

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/lightswitch/thread/2f67d496-5a1f-46fd-85e3-f056c0b4822c

you can install vs2010 and vs2012 (RC) side by side (I have a W7 box with VS 2010 and LS 2011 *but* not VS2012). 

I read somewhere, but I can't find now where, that doing this could break extensions in VS2010-LS. 

I can't upgrade my LS-2011 apps to LS in vs2012 because I heavily depend on XtraReports in my LS apps and DevExpress hasn't yet upgraded this extension, so I am stuck with VS2010 for now. I just want to develop some simple LS apps in VS2012 just to start using this new LS version *before* the final version is released. 

Can somebody that uses XtraReports in VS2010-LS *and* has installed VS2012RC side by side make some comments about LS v1 and LS v2 living and working together? 

Many thanks for your help and bye ... 

Answer 1

windows 7 64 bits professional - 8GB ram - Core i3.

I have installed:

Visual studio 2010.
Visual studio LightSwitch 2011.
XtraReports for LightSwitch.
sql server 2008R2 Express with advanced services 64 bits.
Visual studio 2012 RC.

everything works perfectly
I have applications in both versions running on clients

the only problem I had was this

Answer 2

Hi Marden, 

I have exactly the same configuration as you have; well ... except for VS2012 RC. 

Your answer is helping a lot to me. I will install VS2012 RC and try doing some new small projects on it. 

Thanks again and bye ...