ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions

Has anyone installed ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions ?

Any problems ?

I'm a little wary of installing beta software ...

I'm on VS2008 + .NET 3.5

Re: ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions

I have it installed and haven't ran into any install issues. Haven't
actually used any of the controls yet, but some of my project looks like it
might need them...


"John A Grandy" wrote in message
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> Has anyone installed ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions ?
>
> Any problems ?
>
> I'm a little wary of installing beta software ...
>
> I'm on VS2008 + .NET 3.5
>

Re: ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions

The extensions are fairly safe. They are essentially assemblies you link to
so you can have the new functionality. I am also fairly leery about
betaware, especially Microsoft betaware, but I would not be real worried
about MVC framework and the ASP.NET extensions, as they do not change any
..NET Framework bits -- at least not for now.

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"John A Grandy" wrote in message
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> Has anyone installed ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions ?
>
> Any problems ?
>
> I'm a little wary of installing beta software ...
>
> I'm on VS2008 + .NET 3.5
>

Re: ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions

What's wrong with Microsoft beta programs? Never had that much of an issue
with most of it.


"Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" wrote in
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> The extensions are fairly safe. They are essentially assemblies you link
> to so you can have the new functionality. I am also fairly leery about
> betaware, especially Microsoft betaware, but I would not be real worried
> about MVC framework and the ASP.NET extensions, as they do not change any
> .NET Framework bits -- at least not for now.
>
> --
> Gregory A. Beamer
> MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
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> "John A Grandy" wrote in message
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>> Has anyone installed ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions ?
>>
>> Any problems ?
>>
>> I'm a little wary of installing beta software ...
>>
>> I'm on VS2008 + .NET 3.5
>>
>
>

Re: ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions

Many of them will not uninstall, forcing you to completely rebuild your
machine. There are also cases where the beta overwrites bits, forcing you to
reinstall Frameworks, etc.

For this reason, I rarely suggest that someone put a beta on a production
machine. In this particular case, nothing is overwritten, so this is no more
dangerous than open source software. I would still be cautious about putting
any beta on a production machine, but nobody should have a major problem
here.

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"Andy B" wrote in message
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> What's wrong with Microsoft beta programs? Never had that much of an issue
> with most of it.
>
>
> "Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" wrote in
> message news:%23hD1XppnIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> The extensions are fairly safe. They are essentially assemblies you link
>> to so you can have the new functionality. I am also fairly leery about
>> betaware, especially Microsoft betaware, but I would not be real worried
>> about MVC framework and the ASP.NET extensions, as they do not change any
>> .NET Framework bits -- at least not for now.
>>
>> --
>> Gregory A. Beamer
>> MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
>>
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>> "John A Grandy" wrote in message
>> news:%23ZYSnZonIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Has anyone installed ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions ?
>>>
>>> Any problems ?
>>>
>>> I'm a little wary of installing beta software ...
>>>
>>> I'm on VS2008 + .NET 3.5
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions

Virtual PC to the rescue.


"Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" wrote in
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> Many of them will not uninstall, forcing you to completely rebuild your
> machine. There are also cases where the beta overwrites bits, forcing you
> to reinstall Frameworks, etc.
>
> For this reason, I rarely suggest that someone put a beta on a production
> machine. In this particular case, nothing is overwritten, so this is no
> more dangerous than open source software. I would still be cautious about
> putting any beta on a production machine, but nobody should have a major
> problem here.
>
> --
> Gregory A. Beamer
> MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
>
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> "Andy B" wrote in message
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>> What's wrong with Microsoft beta programs? Never had that much of an
>> issue with most of it.
>>
>>
>> "Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" wrote in
>> message news:%23hD1XppnIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> The extensions are fairly safe. They are essentially assemblies you link
>>> to so you can have the new functionality. I am also fairly leery about
>>> betaware, especially Microsoft betaware, but I would not be real worried
>>> about MVC framework and the ASP.NET extensions, as they do not change
>>> any .NET Framework bits -- at least not for now.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gregory A. Beamer
>>> MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
>>>
>>> Subscribe to my blog
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>>> "John A Grandy" wrote in message
>>> news:%23ZYSnZonIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Has anyone installed ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions ?
>>>>
>>>> Any problems ?
>>>>
>>>> I'm a little wary of installing beta software ...
>>>>
>>>> I'm on VS2008 + .NET 3.5
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions

Yes, but for some reason, so many do not use Virtual PC (or VMWare, which
allows dual cores/procs to be used effectively).

I have a base image that I copy and add stuff to. Then, I do not have a huge
amount of time setting up another image. I know you can do this with a
single image, by not applying the new stuff to the main image, but this
works well for me. :-)

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"clintonG" wrote in message
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> Virtual PC to the rescue.
>
>
> "Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" wrote in
> message news:O8zRwfqnIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Many of them will not uninstall, forcing you to completely rebuild your
>> machine. There are also cases where the beta overwrites bits, forcing you
>> to reinstall Frameworks, etc.
>>
>> For this reason, I rarely suggest that someone put a beta on a production
>> machine. In this particular case, nothing is overwritten, so this is no
>> more dangerous than open source software. I would still be cautious about
>> putting any beta on a production machine, but nobody should have a major
>> problem here.
>>
>> --
>> Gregory A. Beamer
>> MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
>>
>> Subscribe to my blog
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>>
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>> "Andy B" wrote in message
>> news:%23gPEyQqnIHA.4292@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> What's wrong with Microsoft beta programs? Never had that much of an
>>> issue with most of it.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" wrote
>>> in message news:%23hD1XppnIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> The extensions are fairly safe. They are essentially assemblies you
>>>> link to so you can have the new functionality. I am also fairly leery
>>>> about betaware, especially Microsoft betaware, but I would not be real
>>>> worried about MVC framework and the ASP.NET extensions, as they do not
>>>> change any .NET Framework bits -- at least not for now.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Gregory A. Beamer
>>>> MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
>>>>
>>>> Subscribe to my blog
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>>>> "John A Grandy" wrote in message
>>>> news:%23ZYSnZonIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Has anyone installed ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any problems ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a little wary of installing beta software ...
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm on VS2008 + .NET 3.5
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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