Use VS.NET 2003 to target/use framework 1.0

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Peter Row - 04 Feb 2005 09:56 GMT

Hi,

I just started on a different project that requires me to use VS.NET 2002
instead of VS.NET 2003 because the client base has hundreds (maybe
thousands) of framework 1.0 installs.

However 2002 is like a dam with a crack in it - it is possible for it to
leak
memory up to 260MB with me never having run the (windows) application
once just with the 3-project solution open. All of which causes massive
slowdown on a 512MB machine which is also running a SQL Server
amongst other things for development.

Then, as your probably all aware, there are all the other niggling little
bugs.

So to conclude is there any way for me to use VS.NET 2003 such that
it will actually compile code to run against version 1.0 of the framework
INSTEAD OF 1.1, for this single application only?

Regards,
Peter

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Scott M. - 04 Feb 2005 13:57 GMT

Open the project in 03, right click on the project in the Solution Explorer
and choose properties. Then, choose the "Build" category and click the
"Change" button at the bottom.

> Hi,
>
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> Regards,
> Peter

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Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP] - 04 Feb 2005 15:03 GMT

Notice that is a big dangerous, because that only changes the app.config to
allow the execution of the app on .NET Framework 1.0 instead of the default
.NET Framework 1.1 of VS.NET 2003, but since VS.NET 2003 ALWAYS uses and
compiles against .NET Framework 1.1 and can not use .NET Framework 1.0, if
you use some feature of 1.1 not present in 1.0 it won?t be detected at code
or compilation time but at run-time when tested on a machine with .NET
Framework 1.0 alone... so, if you want to play safe, you have to use VS.NET
2002.

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> Open the project in 03, right click on the project in the Solution
> Explorer and choose properties. Then, choose the "Build" category and
> click the "Change" button at the bottom.

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Peter Row - 07 Feb 2005 09:21 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the warning.
Curse, blast and mega-annoyance!%&:

MS if you are reading this:
RELEASE A PATCH FOR THE VS.NET 2002 IDE

Regards,
Peter

> Notice that is a big dangerous, because that only changes the app.config
> to allow the execution of the app on .NET Framework 1.0 instead of the
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>> Explorer and choose properties. Then, choose the "Build" category and
>> click the "Change" button at the bottom.

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