Can we continue developing Silverlight 2 applications
I inherited a set of Silverlight 2 applications (new job), one of which needs updating. We can make updates to the code with no problem, but all available dev machines are running Silverlight 3.
I can't seem to find any Silverlight 2 tools to download anymore - is there a way to multipurpose Silverlight in the same way that we can target multiple older versions of the core CLR?
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Toby
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There is really no reason for Silverlight to multitask. Unlike the CLR, there is no side story: people are running the latest version.
There is still an argument for Silverlight 3 development, so keep using the Silverlight 3 development tools — your Silverlight 2 applications should work fine.
There may be some extremely limited controlled environments in Silverlight 2 with no internet or IT connection, but I would expect this to be rare in my opinion. In such a case, you could use MSBuild to build Silverlight 2 (even if you have new bits on your machine) by putting build tasks in your call and redirecting from the standard SDK: http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009 / 03 / sxs-sl2-sl3-building /
Here are the Silverlight 2 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1. You won't be able to build Silverlight 2 apps in VS2010: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=c22d6a7b-546f-4407-8ef6-d60c8ee221ed&displaylang=en
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