Question

Is there a way to open a solution created in SharpDevelop 3.1 in Visual Studio 2005?

Here is the header of the solution file:

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
# Visual Studio 2008
# SharpDevelop 3.1.1.5327

Is it as simple as changing the version numbers in the header?

Answer 1

After modifying the solution file header, I was able to open and compile the solution in VS2005. Looks like file format is the same.

Here is the modified header:

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 9.00
# Visual Studio 2005
# SharpDevelop 3.1.1.5327