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When you install Spread for WinForms and you have used previous versions of the product, you might need to update Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and your existing projects. See the section "To upgrade your existing VS.NET projects" below for details.
For new projects, you might need to remove the existing Spread component from your Toolbox and add the new Spread component. To do so, follow these instructions:
For existing projects, make sure the reference path is correct, and add the new FpSpread assemblies. To do so, follow these instructions:
You may also want to replace any obsolete properties or methods. See the following page for a list of items: Obsolete Methods.
If you have made changes to a Spread control on a form at design time that required writing objects to the RESX file for the form or implemented binary serialization and you are using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2008, follow the procedure for Setting a Binding Redirect or copy the policy DLLs (located in C:\Program Files\ComponentOne\Spread Studio 8\Windows Forms\v8.0.x\Bin) to the global assembly cache (GAC).
Remember to make a backup of all your projects before upgrading. Once you have followed these instructions and upgraded the projects, and changed the Reference Path and loaded and saved the project, you will not be able to open the project in the old version. Once you have saved it in the new version, you cannot go back and open it in the old version. This restriction applies only to files that have a control on a form that had changes at design time that required writing objects to the RESX file.
If you have made changes to a Spread control on a form at design time that required writing objects to the RESX file for the form or implemented binary serialization and you are using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005, follow the procedure for Setting a Binding Redirect or copy the policy DLLs (located in C:\Program Files\ComponentOne\Spread.NET 8\Windows Forms\v8.0.x\Bin) to the global assembly cache (GAC).
Remember to make a backup of all your projects before upgrading. Once you have followed these instructions and upgraded the projects, and changed the Reference Path and loaded and saved the project, you will not be able to open the project in the old version. Once you have saved it in the new version, you cannot go back and open it in the old version. This restriction applies only to files that have a control on a form that had changes at design time that required writing objects to the RESX file.
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