Which Versions of Silverlight 3 Components are required for VS2010
Running on a XP SP3 system.
I want to keep developing applications using VS2008 SP1, Expression Studio 3 and Silverlight 3. I don’t want to break anything.
I would like to download and start using VS2010 again without breaking anything.
I noticed the following installation issue regarding VS2010 and Silverlight 3 SDK.
http://blogs.msdn.com/amyd/archive/2009/10/21/visual-studio-2010-and-silverlight-3-sdk.aspx
Visual Web Developer in Visual Studio 2010 has support in box for Silverlight 3 development and includes the Silverlight 3 developer runtime and Silverlight 3 SDK build 3.0.40818.
Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend 3 included SDK build 3.0.40624.
Silverlight 3 SDK build 3.0.40818 cannot be installed on machine where build 3.0.40624 is already installed. If you install Visual Studio 2010 on a machine that already has build 3.0.40624 installed, Visual Studio 2010 will indicate that the Silverlight 3 SDK failed to install, however you will still be able to do Silverlight development on Visual Studio 2010 with build 3.0.40624.
Silverlight 3 SDK build 3.0.40818 contains the following updates:
- Remove dependency on .NET 3.5 and allow build when only .NET 4 is installed
- Support for use of non-unicode characters in xap name
- Improvements to refactoring and intellisense
To get build 3.0.40818of the Silverlight 3 SDK, uninstall Silverlight 3 SDK build 3.0.40624 from Add/Remove Programs and then install Silverlight 3 SDK build 3.0.40818 from: http://go2.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=157102.
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I checked my own system using the Add/Remove Programs utility and found the following:
| Currently Installed Program | Version |
| Microsoft Silverlight | 3.0.50106.0 |
| Microsoft Silverlight 2 SDK | 2.0.31005.0 |
| Microsoft Silverlight 3 SDK | 3.0.40624.0 |
| Microsoft Silverlight 3 Toolkit – July 2009 | 3.0.30702.0037 |
| Microsoft Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 –ENU | 9.0.30730.126 |
I found that I can get the following Downloads:
| Download | URL |
| Microsoft Silverlight 3 Toolkit – Nov 2009 | http://silverlight.codeplex.com/releases/view/36060 |
| Microsoft Silverlight 3 SDK version 3.0.40818 | http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1ea49236-0de7-41b1-81c8-a126ff39975b&displaylang=en |
| Microsoft Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 –ENU | http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9442B0F2-7465-417A-88F3-5E7B5409E9DD&displaylang=en |
Questions
- I do not develop for Silverlight 2, can this be safely uninstalled?
- In what order do I need to remove installed programs/versions and in what order do I need to install new versions?
- If I uninstall the Silverlight 3 Toolkit – July 2009, will this break existing applications using this toolkit?
- Can the Silverlight 3 Toolkit – July 2009 and Silverlight 3 Toolkit – Nov 2009 be safely installed side by side?
- Is there a general rule for what can and cannot be installed side by side with the various Silverlight components?
- I already have the current version for Microsoft Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 –ENU installed. Will it need to be re-installed?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
1 – sure, but it isn’t hurting anything by being there
2 – you should be able to remove the SDK and Toolkit individually, order shouldn’t matter
3 – It will break existing apps looking for those specific references, but you should be able to just re-reference them.
4 – I *think* so but the installer will immediately tell you for sure.
5 – General rule is that only the *plugin itself* doesn’t have side-by-side components. But you can have multiple SDKs installed, etc.
6 – If you have SL3 tools installed, you shouldn’t need to install it again if you have the latest. You can update the SDK independently.
Comment by timheuer — Wednesday, 28th April 2010 @ 9:25 PM |
Thanks for the reply Time.
I installed the Microsoft Silverlight 3 Toolkit – Nov 2009 side by side with the July 2009 toolkit.
I removed the 3.0.40624 Silverlight 3 SDK and then installed the 3.0.40818 version of the Silverlight 3 SDK.
I think that you may only have one SDK per major release of Silverlight.
ie.
1 SDK version for Silverlight 2 installed.
1 SDK version for Silverlight 3 installed.
1 SDK version for Silverlight 4 installed.
Comment by theludditedeveloper — Friday, 30th April 2010 @ 12:40 PM |