Hi,

I have just converted one project from VS 2003 to VS 2005, but I realize that part of the project needs to reference some other existing solutions which are still in VS 2003.  Can this be done (referencing a VS 2003 project from a VS 2005 project?), or do I need to convert all referenced projects to VS 2005?

thanks

No, VS 2005 cannot reference VS 2003 projects directly or calculate dependencies on them. However, if VS 2003 project outputs a binary, VS 2005 can consume it as a reference. You'll have to manually rebuild VS 2003 project before building VS 2005 project though.

What about creating a totally new VS2005 project, then copying/pasting the .aspx and .cs code-behind code to new pages? I can see that possibly working, but how about assembly info, etc.? What would be involved in converting a 2003 solution to 2005?

If you use Web Application Projects (see the dowloads tab at the top), you should find it very quick to convert a 2003 web project to a web application project in 2005.

I was able to convert the 2003 site very quickly by just opening it in VWD Express 2005 and following the dialogs. All went very smooth.