[Squirrel]

Hey all, I am using XP and I use Visual Studio 2005; my question is how do I upgrade it to use the .NET 3.0 library and not the 2.0? I have downloaded probably 5 patches and upgrades from M$ and none of them have worked. Any ideas?

[JellyBean]

Squirrel, on 10 May, 2007 - 07:46 PM, said:

Hey all, I am using XP and I use Visual Studio 2005; my question is how do I upgrade it to use the .NET 3.0 library and not the 2.0? I have downloaded probably 5 patches and upgrades from M$ and none of them have worked. Any ideas?

OK, so you have the .NET 2.0 framework installed already if you are using VS2005.

Now you simply need to install the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package. I have installed this on 2 systems so far, both XP Professional, and both installs went fine.

You can also download the latest version of Visual Studio (codenamed Orcas) if you want to go bleeding edge . Get it here.

[Squirrel]

JellyBean, on 10 May, 2007 - 12:10 PM, said:

Squirrel, on 10 May, 2007 - 07:46 PM, said:

Hey all, I am using XP and I use Visual Studio 2005; my question is how do I upgrade it to use the .NET 3.0 library and not the 2.0? I have downloaded probably 5 patches and upgrades from M$ and none of them have worked. Any ideas?

OK, so you have the .NET 2.0 framework installed already if you are using VS2005.

Now you simply need to install the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package. I have installed this on 2 systems so far, both XP Professional, and both installs went fine.

You can also download the latest version of Visual Studio (codenamed Orcas) if you want to go bleeding edge . Get it here.

JellyBean, tried that... didnt work. M$ cant even pinpoint why its being this way

[JellyBean]

Squirrel, on 11 May, 2007 - 06:23 AM, said:

JellyBean, tried that... didnt work. M$ cant even pinpoint why its being this way

So what is happening? Do you get an error message from the installer?

[Jayman]

In VS2005, you cannot target which framework that you want to use.

You will have to wait for the next version to be released or just use the current Beta. In VS "Orcas" you have the ability to specify which framework you want to code with.

See the following link for more info and screenshots.
http://channel9.msdn...x?PostID=303464

[JellyBean]

jayman9, on 11 May, 2007 - 07:24 AM, said:

In VS2005, you cannot target which framework that you want to use.

You will have to wait for the next version to be released or just use the current Beta. In VS "Orcas" you have the ability to specify which framework you want to code with.

See the following link for more info and screenshots.
http://channel9.msdn...x?PostID=303464

Jayman, do you know if it's possible to install Orcas alongside VS2005?

[Jayman]

I don't know with any certainty if its possible.

But I do know that all the previous versions can be run along side each other. So I would imagine that this one will also.

I tend to wait for the release version before I try installing on the same system.

[JellyBean]

jayman9, on 11 May, 2007 - 09:29 AM, said:

I don't know with any certainty if its possible.

But I do know that all the previous versions can be run along side each other. So I would imagine that this one will also.

I tend to wait for the release version before I try installing on the same system.

Mmmm, that's what I was thinking.... better safe than sorry.

Ta.

[Squirrel]

Hm. The whole reason I even need 3.0 is for the System::Speech namespace. I need a Text to Speech for a String^ variable. ANy other way to do this? Maybe in 2.0?

[Jayman]

Add the System.Speech Dll as a reference to your project. Then you can import it.

If its not in your reference assemblies then you may need to download the 3.0 Extensions for WWF.
Download here.

[Squirrel]

jayman9, on 12 May, 2007 - 01:37 PM, said:

Add the System.Speech Dll as a reference to your project. Then you can import it.

If its not in your reference assemblies then you may need to download the 3.0 Extensions for WWF.
Download here.

Yes, i have this. But it wont let me

 using namespace System::Speech; 

[Jayman]

Did you add it as a reference to your project?

Too add it as a reference, right click on your Project in the Solution Explorer. Select References.

Next, click on the Add New Reference button...Scroll down the list on the .NET tab, until you find System.Speech.

Highlight it and click ok. You should now see it in the References window. Click OK to exit the property pages.

Now the namespace will work for you.

[enj316]

JellyBean, on 11 May, 2007 - 03:04 AM, said:

jayman9, on 11 May, 2007 - 09:29 AM, said:

I don't know with any certainty if its possible.

But I do know that all the previous versions can be run along side each other. So I would imagine that this one will also.

I tend to wait for the release version before I try installing on the same system.

Mmmm, that's what I was thinking.... better safe than sorry.

Ta.

You could always use Virtual PC to play with Orcas first. Orcas comes with a pre-configured VHD for Virtual PC.

[5ubw0r1d]

Squirrel, on 12 May, 2007 - 04:14 PM, said:

jayman9, on 12 May, 2007 - 01:37 PM, said:

Add the System.Speech Dll as a reference to your project. Then you can import it.

If its not in your reference assemblies then you may need to download the 3.0 Extensions for WWF.
Download here.

Yes, i have this. But it wont let me

 using namespace System::Speech; 

Jayman was right when he was telling you about referencing the .dll. But maybe a simpler way for you to use and understand the speech namespace would be to download the text to speech converter project on MSDN. I know this works with the .NET 2.0 framework so you wont have to worry about .NET 3.0 until they realease a full version.