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100| Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:17:00 GMT| sorcererxiii| Comments (5)

It appears there's no way to plug in source control in XNA Game Studio Express. Is there a fix for this coming up?

And supposing that there is no fix, is there a way to use XNA with a different IDE?

Thanks.

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C# Express doesn't have integrated source control, but you can use it just fine alongside any external source control tool you like. There are some good free ones around, I'm sure other people here will have recommendations.

shawnhargreaves | Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:42:00 GMT |

Thanks Shawn.

I've used a few different ones, I just prefer being able to check in and out without having to leave the IDE.

If I purchase the full version of C# (MS Visual Studio Professional 2005), will it still be compatible with XNA GSE?

sorcererxiii | Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:43:00 GMT |

No. XNA GSE currently only supports C# Express.

shawnhargreaves | Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:44:00 GMT |

The express edition of XNA will not plug into any of the retail versions of Visual Studio. However, theorectially you could manually use the XNA assemblies with the retail versions. But you will loose all support for the content pipeline tools that will be included in the release version of XNA. This has actually been one of the most asked questions on this board. If this feature is important to you, I would suggest takeing a look at this post on David Weller's blog and follow the directions: Submit Bugs and Suggestions

In my current project, we are using a combination of Visual Studio Express and Visual Studio Standard with Team Explorer integration for Code Project. I think we will end up mostly using VS Standard, but releasing a XNA Express Project for 360 builds. The Team Explorer integration is just too freaking nice to not use within the IDE. We'll have to cope with the content pipeline when the time comes. Until then our path is clear.

billr17 | Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:45:00 GMT |

Anyone interested in seeing this feature, please vote on my suggestion here:

https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=216296&SiteID=226

NOTE: You need to be logged in to Microsoft Connect for the above link to work. You can log in from this link:

http://connect.microsoft.com/default.aspx?lc=1033

sorcererxiii | Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:47:00 GMT |

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