Is it possible to use Visual Basic Express 2008 and develop apps to run on the .net framework 1.0?

Question

I'm trying to develop an app with Microsoft's Visual Basic Express 2008 to run on the .net framework 1.0. Is there something I can download to do this or do I have to require the latest framework to be downloaded?

Answer 1

No:

• You can only develop against .NET 1.0 by using Visual Studio .NET 2002.
• You can develop against .NET 1.1 using Visual Studio .NET 2003.
• You can develop against .NET 2.0 and 3.0 (IIRC) using Visual Studio 2005.
• You can develop against .NET 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 using Visual Studio 2008.
• You can develop against .NET 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 using Visual Studio 2010.

You could still compile against .NET 1.0 or .NET 1.1 if you've got those installed by running the command line tools directly - but you won't be able to use Visual Studio to build without a fair chunk of work, IIRC. (I seem to remember there is a tool to allow it, but I don't know how well it works, and I doubt that it's supported now.)