Professional Visual Studio® 2008

46.1. Upgrading from Visual Studio 2005

To begin with, let's start with a solution that contains a good mix of application types. Figure 46-1 shows a Visual Studio 2005 solution that contains Web Site, Class Library, Device Application, Web Service Application, and Windows Forms Application projects. The Web Site and Web Service applications both reference the Class Library, and the Windows Forms Application references the Web Service Application.

Figure 46.1. Figure 46-1

Upgrading this solution is as simple as opening it in Visual Studio 2008. This will automatically invoke the Visual Studio Conversion Wizard as shown in Figure 46-2. The wizard is relatively straightforward, with the only option being whether or not a backup is made of the solution before upgrading. This is highly recommended if your solution is not in a source control repository so that you have a backup. However, if you use a source control you can ignore this, because you can simply revert to the checked-in version if something goes wrong during the upgrade process.

Figure 46.2. Figure 46-2

The Summary screen indicates that your solution will be checked out of source control so that changes can be made. It also indicates that in some cases there may be some framework and reference changes made as part of ...