.NET Framework 3.5 SP1

For those interested the SP1 for the .NET Framework 3.5 is RTM along with SQL Server 2008. In fact if you install SQL Server 2008 (Developer edition at least) you will find that it also installs the RTM version of Frameowrk .NET 3.5 SP1. For those interested you can find it on the SQL Server 2008 disk in the folder \x86\redist\DotNetFrameworks\dotNetFX35

Now we just need Visual Studio 2008 SP1 to get all the sweet designer features and updates

Really?  What's included in the final framework then? 

I tried installing the SQL 2008 Dev. edition on my dev. box today, without luck, it requires the VS2008 SP1 to be released first.

wkempf said:

Really?  What's included in the final framework then? 

One thing in the VS and .Net update is a chnage to allow a click-once app to not force a full framework update on a user,  based on what the app uses it will be able to download less of the framework.  for example if the user has 2.0 and you are trageting 3.5 but are not using WPF the  the user does not have to update thier pc with all of 3.5

also I think the app startup time is supposed to be improved in general.

and WPF  gets a bunch of perf fixes.

other stuff but I can't recall details...

figuerres said:

wkempf said:

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One thing in the VS and .Net update is a chnage to allow a click-once app to not force a full framework update on a user,  based on what the app uses it will be able to download less of the framework.  for example if the user has 2.0 and you are trageting 3.5 but are not using WPF the  the user does not have to update thier pc with all of 3.5

also I think the app startup time is supposed to be improved in general.

and WPF  gets a bunch of perf fixes.

other stuff but I can't recall details...

All of that was in the beta.  I'm curious about the stuff that was discussed as being in SP 1, but that didn't make the beta.  Such as the DataGrid.

wkempf said:

figuerres said:

*snip*

All of that was in the beta.  I'm curious about the stuff that was discussed as being in SP 1, but that didn't make the beta.  Such as the DataGrid.

"Clear as Mud"
http://blogs.msdn.com/euanga/archive/2008/08/07/sql-server-2008-installation-confusion-vs-2008-sp1-and-netfx-3-5-sp1.aspx

wisemx said:

wkempf said:

*snip*

"Clear as Mud"
http://blogs.msdn.com/euanga/archive/2008/08/07/sql-server-2008-installation-confusion-vs-2008-sp1-and-netfx-3-5-sp1.aspx

That doesn't discuss what's in the SP at all.  So it's not only "clear as mud", but totally irrelevant.

I'm currently poking around with reflector.  So far, I don't see anything that wasn't in the beta.

wkempf said:

wisemx said:

*snip*

That doesn't discuss what's in the SP at all.  So it's not only "clear as mud", but totally irrelevant.

I'm currently poking around with reflector.  So far, I don't see anything that wasn't in the beta.

Well you wouldn't, betas are just testing & bugfixes...

wkempf said:

wisemx said:

*snip*

That doesn't discuss what's in the SP at all.  So it's not only "clear as mud", but totally irrelevant.

I'm currently poking around with reflector.  So far, I don't see anything that wasn't in the beta.

For now I'm sticking with RC0, which does run with VS2008 Pro; I have not installed SP1 beta.

I've got to know...In that profile image of yours, what the heck is going on there?

Lloyd_Humph said:

wkempf said:

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Well you wouldn't, betas are just testing & bugfixes...

Uhm... I'm using reflector on the released (with SQL 2008) FX SP1.  It's not beta.  Oh, and the beta DID include new features, and not just bugfixes.

wisemx said:

wkempf said:

*snip*

For now I'm sticking with RC0, which does run with VS2008 Pro; I have not installed SP1 beta.

I've got to know...In that profile image of yours, what the heck is going on there?

My wedding .

Well, actually, the reception afterward.  I was married on Halloween eve, and we had a costume reception.  Most people, when they received the invite, thought we were nuts and told us they'd not wear a costume.  At the reception, though, nearly everyone came in costume, and afterward they all told us it was the best reception they'd ever been to.

wkempf said:

wisemx said:

*snip*

My wedding .

Well, actually, the reception afterward.  I was married on Halloween eve, and we had a costume reception.  Most people, when they received the invite, thought we were nuts and told us they'd not wear a costume.  At the reception, though, nearly everyone came in costume, and afterward they all told us it was the best reception they'd ever been to.

That is cool.