Problem downloading Visual Web developer 2008

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Hi, just started to work through the book Build your own ASP.NET 3.5 Web Site…

On page 6 it asks you to go to www.microsoft.com/express/vwd to download Visual Web Developer 2008 Express.
However it is now 2010 and the address is redirected to http://www.microsoft.com/express/Web/

So thought would download 2010 version as thats probably all you can.
But when I click on the Install button on the right hand side of the web page a pop up window appears saying WebPlatformInstaller.exe.
I click OK and then an error message appears saying unable to download the web platform product list.

Any ideas if the 2010 version is OK and if so where can I get it from?
Could I use another software package with this book, eg Visual studio?
Thanks,
JAson.
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2010 version should do just fine, though some of the UI suggestions will be different.

Look around on the page for a “just download the files” type option to skip the web installer.

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Can’t anwser your question as I don’t know your system setup, but you have an option of using VS Professional 2010 Full on trial for 30 days (extendable for 60 more). It should be enough time to get you though the book. Yeah, it’s the .NET 4.0 version of the framework, but should be compatable for 3.5 if you choose the 3.5 framework selection from the dropdown menu when you create a website.

Here is the download site:

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You are right. It will work together. And Management Studio, should be bundled with SQL Server. But I could be wrong

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Hi, and thanks for the replies, hopefuly they will come in handy.
I managed to get hold of a copy of Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition but it did not download SQL Server 2005 Express edition as stated on page 6.
I did however manage to find a version of SQL Server 2008 Express Edition which I am currently downloading.
On page 8 it also asks you to download SQL Server Management Studio Express.
As I am downloading the SQL Server 2008 edition do you also still need the Management Studio or is this part of the SQL Server 2008 edition now?
Presumably SQL Server 2008 will work with Visual Web developer 2008 edition or am I wrong?
thanks,
JAson.

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You can download the ISO for Visual Studio 2010 Express which has all the products bundled in the single huge file - the benefit is that you can install all of them for free and use them for free forever (unlike the professional edition). All you need to-do is visit the below URL, click “All - Offline Install ISO image file” and then select “English” or the language you want, once it’s downloaded (beware it’s a couple of GB large!) you’ll need a program like WinRar / WinZip or something that can read ISO files (and extract the installer), from there you just run setup.exe, select visual web developer and install it. They only have the ISO for the complete suite BTW. :slight_smile:

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Management Studio only comes with certain distributions of SQL Server, however it’s worth pointing out that you can add the Management Studio components in through Microsoft’s WPI installer thingy (it adds it to the existing installation), personally I think MS should package it with all distro’s but alas, it’s not the case. :slight_smile: