For those who are not aware,
Visual Studio 2008 shipped this morning. The Silverlight tooling addon for Visual Studio, is version specific, so the addon for Beta 2 will NOT work with RTM. We are in the last throws of testing an update for the Silverlight tools, to work with VS 2008
RTM, and hope to release them in the next couple of weeks (depending on the amount of turkey consumed this Thanksgiving). We will post a link when this update is available.
Oh no! I wish I'd seen this before I updated today. Thanks for the note -- and maybe you could post this caveat somewhere prominent between now and when the tryptophan wears off? ;)
For folks in my position... short of uninstalling RTM and finding and reinstalling a Beta 2 build, is there anything we can do to keep working on SIlverlight projects? (Unfortunately a VPC isn't an option right now)
You could always just use Expression Blend for now, right? I know that's not a real substitute for Visual Studio, but it should serve as far as Silverlight Apps go.
So what are we supposed to do if we had an ongoing project that we now have to stop work on? We eagerly awaited the 2008 RTM, downloaded the installation and spent 1/2 a day Wednesday getting it installed. Now you tell us we have to wait 'a couple weeks'
before we can resume work on a very important project. You have got to be kidding!
At least there could have been some warning that perhaps you don't want to install the RTM if you are working with Silverlight. I find out when I have finished my update and start to reload my project from source control.
Now we will lose another day while our developers uninstall the RTM and go back to the Beta if we want to get any work done. This is ridiculous.
I read this post too late myself and installed RTM. I tried to reinstall Beta 2, but it threw an error on installing the framework 3.5 step (although I previously uninstalled everything installed by the RTM through add/remove programs, including 3.5)
Was anyone else in the same boat and have some hints? I unfortunately do not have the exact error log message on me, but I can update tonight.
For those who are not aware,
Visual Studio 2008 shipped this morning. The Silverlight tooling addon for Visual Studio, is version specific, so the addon for Beta 2 will NOT work with RTM. We are in the last throws of testing an update for the Silverlight tools, to work with VS 2008
RTM, and hope to release them in the next couple of weeks (depending on the amount of turkey consumed this Thanksgiving). We will post a link when this update is available.
Silverlight team, thank you so much for turning this around so quickly, especially giving the Thanksgiving circumstances! It's great to be back in action.
samsp
Member
282 Points
96 Posts
Microsoft
Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) RTM
Nov 19, 2007 09:20 PM | LINK
For those who are not aware, Visual Studio 2008 shipped this morning. The Silverlight tooling addon for Visual Studio, is version specific, so the addon for Beta 2 will NOT work with RTM. We are in the last throws of testing an update for the Silverlight tools, to work with VS 2008 RTM, and hope to release them in the next couple of weeks (depending on the amount of turkey consumed this Thanksgiving). We will post a link when this update is available.
tvd
Member
16 Points
5 Posts
Re: Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) RTM
Nov 21, 2007 11:10 PM | LINK
I'm dying to write some Silverlight app with the final release. Please release it as soon as possible.
MCTS - Windows Form for .NET Framework 2.0
roberino
Member
19 Points
19 Posts
Re: Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) RTM
Nov 22, 2007 04:02 AM | LINK
Oh no! I wish I'd seen this before I updated today. Thanks for the note -- and maybe you could post this caveat somewhere prominent between now and when the tryptophan wears off? ;)
For folks in my position... short of uninstalling RTM and finding and reinstalling a Beta 2 build, is there anything we can do to keep working on SIlverlight projects? (Unfortunately a VPC isn't an option right now)
MrNick01
Member
6 Points
5 Posts
Re: Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) RTM
Nov 24, 2007 06:03 PM | LINK
You could always just use Expression Blend for now, right? I know that's not a real substitute for Visual Studio, but it should serve as far as Silverlight Apps go.
GKS-NC
Member
20 Points
10 Posts
Re: Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) RTM
Nov 26, 2007 02:52 PM | LINK
So what are we supposed to do if we had an ongoing project that we now have to stop work on? We eagerly awaited the 2008 RTM, downloaded the installation and spent 1/2 a day Wednesday getting it installed. Now you tell us we have to wait 'a couple weeks' before we can resume work on a very important project. You have got to be kidding!
At least there could have been some warning that perhaps you don't want to install the RTM if you are working with Silverlight. I find out when I have finished my update and start to reload my project from source control.
Now we will lose another day while our developers uninstall the RTM and go back to the Beta if we want to get any work done. This is ridiculous.
jmason424
Member
2 Points
1 Post
Re: Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) RTM
Nov 26, 2007 03:46 PM | LINK
I read this post too late myself and installed RTM. I tried to reinstall Beta 2, but it threw an error on installing the framework 3.5 step (although I previously uninstalled everything installed by the RTM through add/remove programs, including 3.5)
Was anyone else in the same boat and have some hints? I unfortunately do not have the exact error log message on me, but I can update tonight.
Thanks!
samsp
Member
282 Points
96 Posts
Microsoft
Re: Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) RTM
Nov 27, 2007 01:03 AM | LINK
The tools are now live on the download server at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=25144C27-6514-4AD4-8BCB-E2E051416E03&displaylang=en
roberino
Member
19 Points
19 Posts
Re: Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) RTM
Nov 27, 2007 05:02 PM | LINK
Silverlight team, thank you so much for turning this around so quickly, especially giving the Thanksgiving circumstances! It's great to be back in action.
Pluginbaby
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955 Points
346 Posts
Re: Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) RTM
Nov 29, 2007 02:53 AM | LINK
Downloaded and installed but I get an error when creating a new SL project :
"The project type is not supported by this installation."
Laurent Duveau
Silverlight MVP / Silverlight Insider
http://weblogs.asp.net/lduveau/
olexiy
Member
11 Points
22 Posts
Re: Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas) RTM
Nov 29, 2007 01:46 PM | LINK
Make sure you have downloaded the right thing 'cause patch is working fine for me.