Visual Studio Express Edition

There are some areas where the interface of the Visual Studio Express Edition differs substantially from that of the Professional Edition.

Set the Target .NET Framework

In Visual Studio Professional Edition, the target .NET Framework can be set while creating a new project. In Visual Studio Express Edition, the workflow is slightly different.

1. Create the project using the CLass Library template, and give the project a meaningful name (MyCSharpUIPlugin is used in this example).
2. Click the Save All button to save all the files in the new project.
3. In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the MyCSharpUIPlugin project and select Properties.
4. On the Application tab, set the Target Framework to .NET Framework 3.5.
5. In the Solutioin Explorer, under References, if there is a reference to Microsoft.CSharp, delete it.
6. Save All files again, then close and re-start Visual Studio Express.

Create a GUID

Visual Studio Express Edition does not have a built-in GUID generation tool. There are many free GUID generators available online.

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