From the release notes -- http://www.asp.net/whitepapers/mvc4-release-notes We recommend uninstalling any previously installed previews of ASP.NET MVC 4 prior to installing ASP.NET MVC 4. You can upgrade the ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta and Release Candidate to ASP.NET
MVC 4 without uninstalling.
Note: Installing VS 2012 premium does not overwrite MVC 4 RC. On my system I had to manually choose to update MVC 4 to release version after the VS 2012 install was completed.
I don't agree that the nuget package option is the answer. Your previois MVC 4 beta/rc projects will be referencing non-existent components in the release version of .net 4.5 with MVC4, which as I noted above, does not overwrite MVC 4 RC. While the VS installer
seems to do a great job of clean up and overwriting in general, MVC with its dependency on Nuget packages, is not changed.
Further, what if your project contains 'manually added' out-dated references to .Net 4.5 beta or RC. will adding all of the MVC 4 bundled Nuget packages update those?
I don't think we are talking about a variety of use cases here and if we did, the answers would be more complex than just update the nuget packages. Updating MVC3 to 4 was not simple either. Here is an MS page on updating from MVC4 beta to RC.
MSDN Article
thnx for the good news ... glad the ASP.NET MVC 4 RTM is finally here.
regards ~~ gerry
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head's up ... i'll start a thread at the MVC forum.
after successfully installing the RTM on top of the
RC, (vs2010; win web server 2008 R2)
i get this message after selecting the ASP.NET MVC 4
internet application template and clicking okay:
Package Installation Error
The "repository" attribute of the
package element has an invalid
value: 'registry'. Valid values are: 'template' or 'extension'.
g.
B-) Please help me by completing my school survey about computer programmers on my website. Thank you!!! Gerry Lowry +1 705-429-7550 wasaga beach, ontario, canada
B-) Please help me by completing my school survey about computer programmers on my website. Thank you!!! Gerry Lowry +1 705-429-7550 wasaga beach, ontario, canada
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Note: Installing VS 2012 premium does not overwrite MVC 4 RC. On my system I had to manually choose to update MVC 4 to release version after the VS 2012 install was completed.
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do i need to do anything to my RC web sites to bring them up to RTM standard?
Thanks
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You can update the nuget packages to get the RTM version.
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I don't agree that the nuget package option is the answer. Your previois MVC 4 beta/rc projects will be referencing non-existent components in the release version of .net 4.5 with MVC4, which as I noted above, does not overwrite MVC 4 RC. While the VS installer seems to do a great job of clean up and overwriting in general, MVC with its dependency on Nuget packages, is not changed.
Further, what if your project contains 'manually added' out-dated references to .Net 4.5 beta or RC. will adding all of the MVC 4 bundled Nuget packages update those?
I don't think we are talking about a variety of use cases here and if we did, the answers would be more complex than just update the nuget packages. Updating MVC3 to 4 was not simple either. Here is an MS page on updating from MVC4 beta to RC. MSDN Article
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@ ricka6
FWIW, it would be a good idea imho to mention this on the "official" MS download page here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30683
thnx for the good news ... glad the ASP.NET MVC 4 RTM is finally here.
regards ~~ gerry
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head's up ... i'll start a thread at the MVC forum.
after successfully installing the RTM on top of the RC, (vs2010; win web server 2008 R2)
i get this message after selecting the ASP.NET MVC 4
internet application template and clicking okay:
Package Installation Error
The "repository" attribute of the package element has an invalid
value: 'registry'. Valid values are: 'template' or 'extension'.
g.
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seems to be random.
see head's up:: ASP.NET MVC 4 RTM: Package Installation Error: invalid...
g.