You can't create Silverlight 2 Projects if you install the Silverlight 3 bits, as this has to do with the SDK's etc occupying the same spots inside the devs computer. We wanted to have side by side installations of each version but with VS2008 it was somewhat harder to implement than first thought. Let me know if this really impacts you and specifically how, as it's not really been a hot topic so if it's something that bugs you, rant away at me as i'm more than happy to take this to the team in Silverlight vNext.
You can however run existing SL2 .xaps etc in Silverlight 3 as we'll make sure the runtime itself is backwards compatible. Thx. Scott. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Craig Dunn [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 10 July 2009 3:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Do we upgrade to Silverlight3 on our dev machines? Silverlight 3.0 release notes<http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=157632> from http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/ says Silverlight 3 Tools and Silverlight 2 Compatibility Silverlight 2 projects cannot be created with the Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008. To create Silveright 2 projects, uninstall the Silverlight 3 runtime and the Silverlight 3 Tools from Add or Remove Programs and re-install the Silverlight 2 Tools for Visual Studio 2008. The SL3 Tools download page<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9442b0f2-7465-417a-88f3-5e7b5409e9dd&displaylang=en> doesn't really say either way... BUT it seems that I can't even view 3.0<http://conceptdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/silverlight-30-cant-upgrade-runtime.html> unless I do install the tools (over the 2.0 tools) Catch-22? Like I said in my blog, I don't want to be website forcing the 4Mb download until I absolutely have to... so will probably be SL2 dev'ing for a little while yet. Back to a VM for all 3.0 work & testing. I can 'kinda' understand MS' approach... but then again kinda not... did I miss something? On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Ross McKinnon <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Scott says, its all backwards compatible, so you should be ok. But we might have had a few, so, use your own judgement.... -----Original Message----- From: John OBrien <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Friday, 10 July 2009 6:34 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Do we upgrade to Silverlight3 on our dev machines? It's getting late on Friday I know but did I miss a post about what happens when we upgrade to Silverlight3 as developers? It's awesome that the runtime is backwards compatible so existing sites won't break but... 1) Can we still target Silverlight2 in Visual Studio? 2) What happens to our corporate clients without admin rights, do we need to get their IT guys to update? John. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subscribe: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Unsubscribe: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subscribe: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Unsubscribe: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists ________________________________ Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subscribe: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Unsubscribe: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists
