How to work ASP.net 2005 Projects on Visual Studio 2008

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Hi every body
I have some open source web applications made with ASP.NET in Visual Studio 2005
But i have Visual Studio 2008
And when i try to run them from inside Visual Studio 2008,
it not work and also the Pages of the project not apppear in Solution Explorer
Can any one help me please
Thank you

Posted 31-May-10 3:21am

MrLonely_2

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Ankur^\m/ · Answer 1 · 2010-05-31T03:35:00

Solution 1

When you open older version project in VS 2008, it will try and convert it into VS 2008 compatible project.

MrProgrammer_78 wrote:
it not work and also the Pages of the project not apppear in Solution Explorer

Is it converted successfully?
If not, what is the error message?

Posted 31-May-10 3:35am

Ankur^\m/

MrLonely_2 · Answer 2 · 2010-05-31T03:45:00

VS 2008 convert it already,
But the Page of the project not appear apppear in Solution Explorer
This is the error message:

MSIL

Server Error in '/TrailReportWebService' Application.
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HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden.

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Version Information: ASP.NET Development Server 9.0.0.0