How to convert ASP.NET 1.1 projects to ASP.NET 2.0

Posted: 10.12.2005 5.42.51 (EET/GMT+2)

When you use Visual Studio .NET 2003 to develop web applications, you use ASP.NET 1.1. Now that Visual Studio 2005 is out and provides excellent new features for web application developers, it is time to convert your projects to ASP.NET 2.0.

On MSDN, there's a nice article about how to convert your VS.NET 2003 web projects into the 2005 world.

Now, this document won't tell you how to get the best out of ASP.NET 2.0 (there are tons of other articles for this purpose), but it gives you a hands-on steps how to move your older ASP.NET applications to the new Visual Studio version.