Selecting .NET version on IIS

[daveh551]

I've been building a site under VS 2005/.NET 2.0. I'm running on an
XP Pro machine with IIS 5.1 on the local machine. I just moved it all
to a new laptop, also running XP Pro, and started IIS before loading
VS. But I'm upgrading to VS 2008, which loads .NET 3.5, and, I
thought, should have configure IIS to work with it. However, when I
try to configure my site under IIS, the ASP.NET version drop down
lists only 2.0 as my only choice. How come, and what can I do to get
3.5 listed there?

Thanks.

 

[John Saunders]

..NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5 do not change the CLR major or minor versions. They
only introduce service packs. 3.0 and 3.5 use .NET 2.0 SP1; 3.5 SP1 uses
..NET 2.0 SP2.

 

[daveh551]

.NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5 do not change the CLR major or minor versions. They
only introduce service packs. 3.0 and 3.5 use .NET 2.0 SP1; 3.5 SP1 uses
.NET 2.0 SP2.

So when the "ASP.NET Version" box says "2.0.50727", It's still okay to
3.5 controls in my site code?

 

[Ken Cox [MVP]]

After installing .NET 3.5, run this tool to set the version for a Web:

http://www.denisbauer.com/NETTools/ASPNETVersionSwitcher.aspx

Ken

 

[John Saunders]

So when the "ASP.NET Version" box says "2.0.50727", It's still okay to
3.5 controls in my site code?

Yes, that's right.

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

re:
!>> So when the "ASP.NET Version" box says "2.0.50727", It's still okay to 3.5 controls in my site code?
!> Yes, that's right.

With the caveat that the 3.5 .Net framework assemblies/exes/compilers must also be installed, of course.

After installation, they reside in :
windowsdrive:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5