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11/19/2006 4:51 PM
 
Ellen

Joined: 11/13/2006
Posts: 16

I'm a VB6 developer who just inherited a project created by someone else (no longer with the company) in VS2003 and DNN3.1.1 on .NET Framework 1.1 with a SQL Server 2005 database (currently a live website hosted off-site somewhere), and who has been tasked by my employer to make modifications to the website (programming changes, where data is not manipulated correctly, as well as cosmetic changes).  There is a test website (and database tables) on that off-site server, too.

The issue is that I've been given VS2005 (and therefore DNN 4.x because of the .NET Framework 2.0) and SQL Server Express in which to work (on WinXP Pro SP2).  I have Build files and Source files.  I've done the Starter Kit install of DNN on the pc with VS2005 (the WinXP Pro SP2).   I have no clue what to do next.

My questions start here:

Can I just open the .sln file in VS2005 and make changes? 

Do I have to do anything to the DNN files that were created in 3.x to be able to modify them now? 

Can I selectively compile/build/copy??? my updated source onto the web server?  Or do I have to do anything special or do the entire project?

How do I upgrade the entire website?

What have I not thought of that I need to be thinking about?

I'd appreciate any and all help/advice, as well as references to resources where I can learn more (I've been through a book and many help files, but I just don't know how to get started on the project I've been given).

Many thanks in advance,

Ellen

 

 
 
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11/19/2006 11:54 PM
 
Philip Beadle


Joined: 1/7/2003
Posts: 1822

Wow thats pretty big intro to .Net.  If you open VS 2003 files in V2005 they will be converted to the new format.

Really your best bet is to try to get a copy of VS2003 and save yourself a lot of messing about.

If you cant do that I suggest working out an upgrade strategy for the site to DNN 4 and then work on the changes requested by your employer. Then upgrade the modules to ASP2.0 DNN4 and start from there.

With no experience in ,Net youre asking for trouble trying to build modules in VS2005 for DNN 3 as theyare on 2 different frameworks.

Good luck.

Philip Beadle - Employee
 
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