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MS Visual Studio

Application Script

Microsoft Visual Studio provides an integrated environment to manage all the Visual Basic, C++, .NET, Windows, and C# applications.

Release Date

07/04/2008

Settings Description

The MS Visual Studio script migrates all the settings of Visual Studio such as IDE appearance, Debugging, External Tools settings, Editors, and so on.

Migration Paths

• From 6.0 to 6.0
• From 6.0 to 2003
• From 6.0 to 2005
• From 6.0 to 2008
• From 2003 to 2003
• From 2003 to 2005
• From 2003 to 2008
• From 2005 to 2005
• From 2005 to 2008
• From 2008 to 2008
• From 2008 to 2010
• From 2010 to 2010

Notes

• The following add-ins are supported in Visual Studio 6.0:
  • ActiveXDocumentWizard6.Wizard
  • AddInToolbar6.Connect
  • APIDeclarationLoader.AddInDesigner
  • AppWizard6.Wizard
  • ClassBuilder6.Wizard
  • ControlWiz6.Wizard
  • DataFormWizard6.Wizard
  • MSVBDataObjGen.Wizard
  • PDAddIn.AddIn
  • PropertyPageWizard6.Wizard
  • ResEdit6.Connect
  • TempMgr.AddInDesigner1
  • VBSDIAddIn.Connect
  • VcmMgr.Connect
  • WizMan6.Connect
• The version of .NET framework must be compatible with the installed version of Visual Studio, for example, Visual Studio 7 does not get installed with .NET 2.0.

Limitations

Following are the limitations:

• All the IDEs in the source computer must be run at least once for the default settings to be created. This is applicable while migrating from 8.0 to 8.0
• Profile is not migrated because it resets the default settings of the IDE after migration. This is applicable while migrating from 8.0 to 8.0.
• External tools must be installed on the destination computer before migration. This is applicable while migrating from 8.0 to 8.0.
• The add-ins must be available on the destination computer before migration. This is applicable while migrating from 6.0 to 6.0.
• Fonts and colors cannot be migrated. This is applicable while migrating from 7.1 to 8.0.