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Gilles Ganault - 05 Oct 2007 20:11 GMT

Hello

I'd like to try writing desktop, ie. winforms, apps in VB.Net, and
need to check what to do:
1. Install .Net framework 2.0 (or can I use 3.5?)
2. Install SDK
3. Install VisualStudio 2005 Pro

Is this correct? Thanks.

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cj - 05 Oct 2007 20:33 GMT

I think all you'll need to do is install Visual Studio 2005 Pro. It'll
install .net and some MSDN stuff for help files. That's all I did
anyway. I don't have a clue about .net 3.0 or 3.5.

> Hello
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> Is this correct? Thanks.

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Giovanni Dicanio - 06 Oct 2007 15:43 GMT

>I think all you'll need to do is install Visual Studio 2005 Pro. It'll
>install .net and some MSDN stuff for help files. That's all I did anyway.
>I don't have a clue about .net 3.0 or 3.5.

I think that .NET 3.0/3.5 add new technologies like LINQ, WPF, WCF, etc.

I think they are cool (at least, LINQ and WPF).

However, at this moment, it's not very clear to me if for desktop apps WPF
is OK, or if WinForm is for desktop apps, and WPF is for web...

You may also want to download the VS2008 Express Editions, to have a preview
of .NET 3.0/3.5.

Moreover, I think that you may find very interesting visiting Soma's blog:

http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar

Giovanni

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Gilles Ganault - 08 Oct 2007 10:32 GMT

>Moreover, I think that you may find very interesting visiting Soma's blog:

Thanks for the infos. Installing VS 2005 Pro was enough to write an
"Hello, world!" application. I'll check out the site above.

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Gilles Ganault - 08 Oct 2007 10:33 GMT

>I think all you'll need to do is install Visual Studio 2005 Pro. It'll
>install .net and some MSDN stuff for help files. That's all I did
>anyway.

Thanks, it worked OK. I'll get some books on VB.Net to learn more.

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