Visual Studio .Net with ASP 3.0

[TomB]

Could someone point out some information on connecting Visual Studio.Net to
an existing asp app?

I have one developer who'd like to use the new IDE, but the warning that
pops up when he connects sounds pretty dire. That is, that it will no
longer be usable by previous versions.

Thanks
TomB

 

[Aaron Bertrand - MVP]

I use Visual Studio.NET to author ASP pages. However, I don't use a
"solution" or "project" ... I just open the ASP files individually. You
should try that instead of using all the functionality.

 

[Cowboy]

Create a new project in an existing folder and you can edit the project
without updating from the COM world to the .NET world.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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Think Outside the Box!
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[Tom B]

Thanks Aaron and Cowboy.

We'll give it a shot.

I'm not at the office now, but I'm curious how Aaron's approach would handle
SourceSafe.

TomB

 

[Aaron Bertrand [MVP]]

I'm not at the office now, but I'm curious how Aaron's approach would

handle
SourceSafe.

What do you mean by "handle"? I leave SourceSafe's GUI open. I check out a
file, it moves a writable copy to my local folder, then I open it with
InterDev. When I save the file and check it back in, the local copy is
read-only. This works fine in a development environment of 10-12 people.

 

[Tom B]

I see. So you don't use the VSS integration.

Thanks
TomB

 

[Aaron Bertrand [MVP]]

I see. So you don't use the VSS integration.

No, I don't want to rely on it because sometimes I just want to edit a
single file in notepad. And I often open .SQL, .PRC, .TAB, .FN files in
Query Analyzer rather than using a different editor (because usually I want
to run and test scripts where I can see the results, see execution plans,
etc), so I want to use the same process across the board. I think you'd get
the same answer from everyone I work with as well...

I've been bitten too many times by "features" that are supposed to make my
life easier, and so rarely do. I also *gasp* FTP my new files to the web
site, rather than rely on any publish feature within an IDE.