Can I use .net 4.0 beta without having vs2010?

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Can I use .NET 4.0 beta in Visual Studio 2008?

I have VS 2008 professional, and yesterday installed .net 4.0 Beta 1 (without vs2010). I want to try parallel Fx lib, but I don't know how to add .net 4.0 references. It is possible to use 4.0 version without visual studio 2010?

Answer 1

You should be able to use it from the command line, yes.

I seem to remember that a lot of Parallel Extensions is now in mscorlib or System.Core, so you probably don't need to add any references...

For example, this just compiled without anything else:

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Task<int> task = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => 10);
        Console.WriteLine(task.Result);
    }
}

Answer 2

Look at:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/998090/can-i-use-net-4-0-beta-in-visual-studio-2008

Answer 3

You can use the compilers (like csc.exe or vbc.exe) directly. They should be installed at: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0 or something close to that.

But if you want to do 4.0 development in Visual Studio, you'll probably need to install VS 2010.