>>>>Hi,
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>>>>I suppose that someone here has a beta version of VS 2010. Does VS 2010 include WinForms projects?
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>>>>Also, if you install VS 2010 on the PC that has VS 2005 can you use either independently? That is, can you still maintain VS 2005 projects with VS 2005 after installing VS 2010?
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>>>>TIA.
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>>>Yes, although VS 2010 marks the more or less official blessing of WPF over WinForms.
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>>Thank you, Mike. This is exactly why I want to get VS 2010 so I can start learning WPF. I still want to continue working in WinForms for immediate future.
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>WPF is also in VS 2008, so it is possible to learn and use it without VS 2010. If you are starting fairly fresh, as I believe you are, WinForms is to an extent going to be throwaway knowledge. Personally I am not crazy about that because it is a much more familiar paradigm than WPF. And I hate XAML!

If familiarity breeds contempt I'm all for it; if unfamiliarity achieves the same result I tend to look askance... (g,d&r)