VS2010 and VS2008

[AngelGonzalez]

I know that VS2010 is needed to work with ESRI SL 2.0 API. I also know that only VS2008 is supported for ArcGIS mobile development and the Web ADF development can use either VS2010 or VS008. In addition Microsoft has stated that I can install both VS side-by-side.

From an ESRI view can I install VS2010, VS2008, SL 2.0 API, ArcGIS mobile and the Web ADF SDK on the same machine??? Issues? problems? gotchas?

[OlegKachirski]

Shouldn't have any issues. You can try install in the following order:

VS2008
.NET 3.5 SP1
ESRI WebADF/SDK/Whatever for VS2008
VS2010
ESRI SL 2.0 SDK

[AlexProtyagov]

I have 2005 and 2008 installed side by side. So far have no issues with that. And I did 2005 installation after 2008. Also I have noticed that on mobile devices when I choose .net cf 3.5 as target I do not get any controls display in the toolbox for drag-and-drop onto my form. Also, sometimes form just does not want to open in the Designer mode in VS2008 when .net cf 3.5 is the target. I do not know if that is big issue. However, on the device everything get display correctly and seems to work.