You can use DataWindow .NET 2.0 and DataWindow .NET 2.5 in Visual Studio at the same time, but each version must use separate projects and PBLs.
If you want to reuse an existing solution that used DataWindow .NET 1.0 or 1.5, make a backup copy, then open the solution in Visual Studio 2005 and migrate the solution to Visual Studio 2005.
If you want to reuse an existing solution that used DataWindow .NET 2.0, make a backup copy, then open the solution in Visual Studio 2005.
In the Solution Explorer:
Replace references to DataWindow.dll, DataWindowInterop.dll, and WebDataWindow.dll with references to the DataWindow .NET 2.5 version of those files.
Replace references to Sybase.PowerBuilder files, such as Sybase.PowerBuilder.Db.dll, with references to Sybase.DataWindow files.
Projects created in the DataWindow Designer standalone tool have the extension .dwp, and projects created in the DataWindow Designer plug-in have the extension .dwproj. The two project file types are both text files but their formats are different.
To open a project created in an earlier version of DataWindow Designer in the plug-in, first back up all your PBLs. In Visual Studio, select File>Open>Project. In the Open Project dialog box, navigate to the location of your DataWindow Designer project, select DataWindow Projects from the Files of type list, select the project, and click Open. A message box displays asking you to confirm that you want to migrate a project in the old format to the new format. When you click Yes, a new project with the extension .dwproj is created and opened in the Solution Explorer and any PBLs in the project are migrated to the new version.
DataWindow objects are stored in library files called PBLs that must be migrated to DataWindow .NET 2.5. When you import a project from an earlier version into the plug-in in Visual Studio, the PBLs in the project are migrated. If you add a PBL from an earlier version to your project later, you should migrate the project again. To migrate a project, select Migrate from the pop-up menu for the project in the Solution Explorer in the DataWindow Designer plug-in, or in the System Tree in the DataWindow Designer standalone tool.
