versions of visual studio for UI for ASP.net ajax

[Diane]

I currently am using Visual studio 2010 and connecting to the Telerik tool on my computer by using the file location of:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Progress\Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX R1 2018. Here I connect to the folder called Bin40 to connect to the UI for asp.net  ajax. 

I see that I could connect to the folder called Bin45 if I want to use Visual Studio 2012. 

However, I would like to upgrade my application to using a newer version of Visual Studio 2012.

Thus if I want to use a newer version of Visual Studio, what versions can I use? Also if I use a newer version of Visual Studio, how would I connect to a newer compatible version of the Telerik tool? Would I need a new download file? If not, where in the directory path would I connect the newer version of Visual studio to the Telerik tool to?

 

 

[Diane]

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[Marin Bratanov]

Hello Diane,

I will answer each distinct question I see in your post:

• which Visual Studio versions can you use with Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX: you can find a list in the following page: https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/tech-sheets/system-requirements. At the time of writing Visual Studio 2017, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008 are supported.
• which folder do you need to use when upgrading Visual Studio: VS is backwards compatible so projects that ran on 2010 will run on 2012 without issues. At most, it will change a bit of metadata in the project file so it knows to open with the 2012 version. This means that you do not need to change anything when upgrading VS.
• which folder should you take the Telerik assemblies from: this depends on the .NET version you want to target. If you will keep building against .NET 4.0, you must take the assemblies from the Bin40 folder. You can read more about which assemblies to use and from which folder in the following documentation article: https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/installation/included-assemblies.
  If you also want to upgrade to building your project against .NET 4.5, I'd recommend changing its build target and ensuring it runs properly before upgrading the Telerik assemblies to use the ones from the Bin45 folder. Since .NET is backwards compatible, the builds against .NET 4.0 we provide will also work under .NET 4.5.

One related advice I would offer in addition - I recommend that you copy the Telerik assemblies to the ~/bin folder of your project, and add references pointing to it. This is usually a safer approach than pointing the references to the Program Files installation folder because it makes the project self-contained. It can then be easily deployed without external dependencies, it can be easily placed in a source control system, and it can easily be shared with other team members that do not have our tools but still need to run it (other devs, QA, designers, etc.)

Also, if you need a faster resolution, I'd recommend opening a support ticket as it comes with a guaranteed response time (with your license - 24h), while a forum thread does not. We do try to monitor the forums, but we cannot guarantee (timely) responses.

Regards,
Marin Bratanov
Progress Telerik