Following this question, looking here http://referencesource.microsoft.com/netframework.aspx you see this list currently: <ul> <li>Product Name Version View Download </li> <li>.NET 8.0</li> <li>dotnetfx1434_VistaWin2k8sp1 50727.1434</li> <li>FXUpdate3074 50727.3074</li> <li>ASP.NET_MVC 1.0</li> <li>WCF 3.5SP1</li> <li>WF 3.5SP1</li> <li>Dotnetfx_Vista_SP2 50727.4016</li> <li>Dotnetfx_Win7_3.5.1 3.5.1</li> <li>ASP.NET_MVC 2.0</li> <li>.Net 4</li> <li>.NET_3.5_sp1_redist 50727.3053</li> <li>ASP.NET_MVC 3</li> <li>Netfx_3.5.1_Win7SP1 3.5.1</li> <li>NET 4.5</li> <li>Net 4.5Update1</li> </ul> I'm not sure what ones I need to download. I have VS2010 and VS2012. <code>Net 4.5Update1 </code> sounds good for VS2012, but after download the read me says "Seamless Integration with Visual Studio 2008/2010", but I assume that's just out of date readme. What is <code>.NET 8.0</code>? and why are there so many different <code>3.5</code> versions?

You get to see all the service packs, security updates and specific versions that come preinstalled with Windows. Which is in general a problem with the Reference Source, they are always behind and source stepping tends to not work because of a version mismatch with the actual version of .NET you have on your machine. I only ever got it to work once and that didn't last long. .NET 8.0 is mislabeled with the VS version, version 8 was VS2005 and supported .NET version 2.0 Low expectations are recommended, the source is most useful for reading and searching. A completely different approach is a decompiler that recovers the source code from the actual .NET assemblies at debug time. Reflector has that feature, not otherwise an endorsement.

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Following this question, looking here http://referencesource.microsoft.com/netframework.aspx you see this list currently:

Product Name Version View Download
.NET 8.0
dotnetfx1434_VistaWin2k8sp1 50727.1434
FXUpdate3074 50727.3074
ASP.NET_MVC 1.0
WCF 3.5SP1
WF 3.5SP1
Dotnetfx_Vista_SP2 50727.4016
Dotnetfx_Win7_3.5.1 3.5.1
ASP.NET_MVC 2.0
.Net 4
.NET_3.5_sp1_redist 50727.3053
ASP.NET_MVC 3
Netfx_3.5.1_Win7SP1 3.5.1
NET 4.5
Net 4.5Update1

I'm not sure what ones I need to download. I have VS2010 and VS2012. Net 4.5Update1 sounds good for VS2012, but after download the read me says "Seamless Integration with Visual Studio 2008/2010", but I assume that's just out of date readme.

What is .NET 8.0? and why are there so many different 3.5 versions?

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asked May 21 '13 09:05

weston

1 Answers

You get to see all the service packs, security updates and specific versions that come preinstalled with Windows. Which is in general a problem with the Reference Source, they are always behind and source stepping tends to not work because of a version mismatch with the actual version of .NET you have on your machine. I only ever got it to work once and that didn't last long.

.NET 8.0 is mislabeled with the VS version, version 8 was VS2005 and supported .NET version 2.0

Low expectations are recommended, the source is most useful for reading and searching. A completely different approach is a decompiler that recovers the source code from the actual .NET assemblies at debug time. Reflector has that feature, not otherwise an endorsement.

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answered Nov 05 '22 23:11

Hans Passant

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