Locating Sample Files

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Sample files can be found in several locations. They may be installed together with the product, embedded in Help topics, or available as downloads on the Internet. Installed sample files for each release of Visual Studio are put in folders that are separate from those of other releases so that there will be no conflicts when two or more versions of Visual Studio are installed. If you uninstall Visual Studio, the corresponding sample files are removed. 

The default locations for sample files in this release are in the following list. %install% represents the location where Visual Studio is installed, such as \Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\. You can also find samples by clicking Samples on the Help menu in Visual Studio.

Note

Samples for Express editions are only available on the Internet. For more information, see the Download Location column in the table.

Product or Feature

Download Location

Local Location

Help Location

Visual C#

Visual Studio 2008 Samples

\%install%\Samples\locale\

None.

Visual Basic

Visual Studio 2008 Samples

\%install%\Samples\locale\

None.

Visual C++

Visual Studio 2008 Samples

\%install%\Samples\

None.

Visual Studio Team System

Visual Studio 2008 Samples

\%install%\Samples\

None.

Visual Studio Tools for Office

None.

None.

Office Development Samples and Walkthroughs

.NET Framework

None.

c:\%install%\SDK\v3.5\Samples\

.NET Framework Samples

Debug Interface Access (DIA) SDK

None.

c:\%install%\DIA SDK\Samples\

None.

Crystal Reports

None.

c:\%install%\Crystal Reports\Samples\

None.

Dotfuscator Community Edition

None.

c:\%install%\Application\PreEmptive Solutions\Dotfuscator Community Edition\Samples\

None.

See Also

Tasks

Visual C# Sample Applications

Other Resources

Visual Studio Samples

Visual Studio Walkthroughs

How to: Install and Use Sample Files Found in Help

Visual Basic Sample Applications

Visual C++: Samples Included in Visual C++