I have Blend 3 Final and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 installed and I need to develop in VS 2010 with .net 4.0 and design my end-user UI in Blend but Blend 3 can't open my projects! What should I do?! :((
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I do not believe that Blend 3 supports Visual Studio 2010 projects. This is common given that Blend 3 is a RTM product and Visual Studio 2010 is still in Beta. I'm not sure what the plan is for Blend and supporting Visual Studio 2010 solutions.
JaredPar
2009-09-02 16:56:44
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I'm running Blend 3 + SketchFlow (build 3.0.1927) and Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 (build 10.0.21006.1) and that combination works just fine. I get a warning that Blend 3 might not be able to open the VS10 solution, but I get no problem opening it here. Works on My Machine certified :)
Kjetil Klaussen
2009-10-23 06:59:20
+1 for: `Works on My Machine certified :)`
Redbeard 0x0A
2010-03-29 16:20:22
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Well, Kjetil is right. But if you want to change your solution back to VS2008, all you have to do is, open your solution file (.sln) in a text editor and change the first two lines from:
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
# Visual Studio 2010
to
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
# Visual Studio 2008
As of now (Beta 2), that is the only change which VS2010 makes to your solution file. You can switch between the two versions without worrying too much about compatibility of the solution files.
Yogesh
2009-10-25 19:40:18
But you know?! They won't still open .net 4.0 Solutions!!! And that's driving me nuts! :( :((
Kiarash
2009-10-26 14:52:15
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You need to download and istall Microsoft Expression Blend Preview for .NET 4 and then you will be able to open VS2010 beta 2 projects and solutions.
At lease until the full version comes out.
here is the download link: Microsoft Expression Blend Preview for .NET 4
Roboblob
2010-01-09 13:56:00
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Blend 3 doesn't support Visual Studio 2010 projects that target .NET 4.0. If you want to use Blend for those, you need to download the Blend preview at the link Roboblob provided.
Bryce Kahle
2010-01-29 18:26:01
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A:
You need to make the changes to the solution file
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
# Visual Studio 2010
to Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00 # Visual Studio 2008
And then make the changes to the project file
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
to
v3.5
and
<RequiredTargetFramework>4.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
to 3.5
Craig
Craig Wooldridge
2010-03-29 16:14:34