VS2008 and .NET 3.5 have RTM'd

NathanE · 19 Nov 2007 at 20:13

Just a heads up that Orcas has now RTM'd and is available for download from MSDN. The .NET 3.5 framework is also RTM'd and available for download as well.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx

voodooflux · 19 Nov 2007 at 20:43

Thanks for the heads up - just fired up Visual Studio 2005 and noticed the headline on the Start Page too. Alas my MSDN subscription expired a couple of weeks ago - time to consider a renewal I think.

MarcLister · 19 Nov 2007 at 20:58

Thanks for letting us know.

I just wonder how long it'll take IT support to get this in.

~J~ · 19 Nov 2007 at 21:16

Where abouts? I've only got a ReadMe file in the 2008 page

*edit* - sorted - it's on the main front page not the subscriber downloads.

arty · 19 Nov 2007 at 21:37

NathanE said:
Just a heads up that Orcas has now RTM'd and is available for download from MSDN. The .NET 3.5 framework is also RTM'd and available for download as well.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx

Thanks for the notice; my MSDN license has just expired too, annoyingly. It's a shame they didn't quite make TechEd but never mind

arty

Vai · 19 Nov 2007 at 23:02

Downloading now, how crappy is this download manager, why can't they just use the FTM? :s
Does VS2008 come with .NET 3.5 in it or does it need to be installed seperataly?

NathanE · 20 Nov 2007 at 10:04

Vai said:
Downloading now, how crappy is this download manager, why can't they just use the FTM? :s
Does VS2008 come with .NET 3.5 in it or does it need to be installed seperataly?

It comes with it because VS2008 is tied to the 3.5 runtime

It has new form designers for WPF and the like.

RockLobster · 20 Nov 2007 at 10:19

Will the client PCs need to have .NET 3.5 installed? If I develop software using Orcas.

Gibbs · 20 Nov 2007 at 10:20

yes each machine that your program runs will need .NET 3.5 installed. I think Vista will auto update from 3 to 3.5 but am not sure

RockLobster · 20 Nov 2007 at 10:23

Gibbs said:
yes each machine that your program runs will need .NET 3.5 installed. I think Vista will auto update from 3 to 3.5 but am not sure

Oh well none of our PCs run Vista so will give this a miss for the time being.

NathanE · 20 Nov 2007 at 10:32

Vista won't auto-update. You will have to distribute the 3.5 runtime with your applications - but that's no different to before.

It's a 2.5MB installer and most MSI installer software lets you set it up as an automated "prerequisite" so that it will download it only if the user doesn't have it.

growse · 20 Nov 2007 at 13:54

Great! A download manager that can't use http proxies. Useless for work.

robmiller · 20 Nov 2007 at 14:19

growse said:
Great! A download manager that can't use http proxies. Useless for work.

The beta installer respected IE's proxy settings, IIRC, so I presume the release one does too.

huppy · 20 Nov 2007 at 14:59

robmiller said:
The beta installer respected IE's proxy settings, IIRC, so I presume the release one does too.

Yeah it that did for me on this release version, but it couldn't get through the proxy, for some reason.

growse · 20 Nov 2007 at 15:57

robmiller said:
The beta installer respected IE's proxy settings, IIRC, so I presume the release one does too.

I've got the 2008 Beta, but through the normal downloader, which does respect proxy settings. However, I just get

There's a persistent network connectivity error preventing download completion, indicating a problem with your connection to the Internet.

Grrr..

TrUz · 20 Nov 2007 at 16:23

Cool, downloading now...

TrUz

Inquisitor · 20 Nov 2007 at 17:33

RockLobster said:
Will the client PCs need to have .NET 3.5 installed? If I develop software using Orcas.

Not necessarily; VS2008 allows you to specify the target framework version (2.0, 3.0 and 3.5).

metalmackey · 21 Nov 2007 at 01:44

Is it just me or is MSDN down? All I get in ie7 is waiting for msdn2.microsoft.com...

Cake · 21 Nov 2007 at 15:49

Will it run side-by-side with VS 2003 and VS 2005? o_O
MSDN is working fine for me, btw.

Kobrakai · 21 Nov 2007 at 15:53

I’m assuming this will be like Visual Studio 2005 in that you will have to convert old projects to the new format then after that they won’t open in older versions?