03 What if the VS templates did not install for my version of Visual Studio?

Often, we install Visual Studio (latest) on a client's server, and the older version of the Dynamics GP SDK didn't install the templates for my version of Visual Studio. What to do?

Migrate them. Where are the Visual Studio templates stored?

This article will list where the files are for each version, so that you'll know how to migrate between versions. 

 

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... and you 'll find more on the VS Tools Menu

Before you start down they road, though, consider this approach:

  • Install the highest level of VS supported by GP. 
  • Install the VS Tools SDK
  • Create the project in that VS, and then just migrate the project to the level that you're currently at. 

For most of my projects, this works fine

But...

There are two templates to move, Item and Project. 

Project

FROM

Visual Studio 2005 (8.0) C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 7\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\VisualBasic\1033\DynamicsGPProject.zip

Visual Studio 2008 (9.0): C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\VisualBasic\1033\DynamicsGPProject.zip

Visual Studio 2010 (10.0): C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\VisualBasic\Dynamics GP\DynamicsGPProject.zip

Visual Studio 2012 (11.0): C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\VisualBasic\Dynamics GP\DynamicsGPProject.zip

Visual Studio 2015 (14.0): C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\VisualBasic\Dynamics GP\DynamicsGPProject.zip

TO

Visual Studio 2008 (9.0): \Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Basic\DynamicsGPProject.zip

Visual Studio 2015 (14.0): \Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Basic\DynamicsGPProject.zip

Visual Studio 2017 (15.0): \Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Basic\DynamicsGPProject.zip

Item

FROM

Visual Studio 2005 (8.0) C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 7\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\VisualBasic\1033\DynamicsGPform.zip

Visual Studio 2008 (9.0): C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\VisualBasic\1033\DynamicsGPform.zip

Visual Studio 2010 (10.0): C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\VisualBasic\1033\DynamicsGPForm.zip

Visual Studio 2012 (11.0): C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\VisualBasic\1033\DynamicsGPForm.zip

Visual Studio 2015 (14.0): C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\VisualBasic\1033\DynamicsGPForm.zip

TO

Visual Studio 2008 (9.0): \Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Basic\DynamicsGPForm.zip

Visual Studio 2015 (14.0): \Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Basic\DynamicsGPForm.zip

Visual Studio 2017 (15.0): \Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Basic\DynamicsGPForm.zip

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