With each new major release of Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft changes the languages and methodologies for building executables from the source created within an application. Without the assistance of simplification tools, then, development teams integrating Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 must re-write and redesign significant amounts of their application build processes. But, such an endeavor proves so costly and time-consuming that many enterprises choose to delay or omit upgrades to their development environments. Unfortunately, avoidance will quickly create a situation where new applications are written in the new Visual Studio but without compatibility to the vast amount of programs and systems that were developed in older versions.

Opportunity
To overcome this development limitation, OpenMake, a CA partner that specializes in Build Management, worked closely with Microsoft on the new Visual Studio 2008 and created a process where Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 code can be easily integrated with code created in the newer release. This unique process bridges the technology gap between the two Microsoft development environments and provides a simple method for programmers to integrate all of their existing applications with new applications written in Visual Studio 2008.

And, the technology is so innovative and complete that even developers using MS Visual Studio 97, MS Visual Studio 6.0 and MS Visual Studio .Net 2002 and 2003 can integrate to MS Visual Studio 2008. As such, it allows you to continue to use the large code base already developed in a single integrated environment and with automated and continuous integration build support.

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