Project Templates in Visual C# Editions
When you create a new project, icons in the New Project dialog box and the New Web Site dialog box represent the available project types and their templates. The project template you choose determines the output type and other options available for that project. Not all project templates are available in all editions of Visual C#.
Note
Documentation for features that are not available in Visual C# Express Edition or Visual C# Standard Edition may be included in the documentation set for these editions.
Visual C# Project Templates
The following table shows which Visual C# project templates are available in the different editions of Visual Studio 2008 and which version of the .NET Framework the project template can target.
Node |
Template |
Professional Edition and above |
Express Edition |
.NET2.0 |
.NET 3.0 |
.NET 3.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Visual C# |
Windows Forms Application |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
(top level) |
WPF Application |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
WPF Browser Application |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
ASP.Net Web Application |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
WCF Service Library |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
Excel Workbook |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
Class Library |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Console application |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Device Application |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
Outlook Add-in |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Windows |
Windows Forms Application |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows Forms Control Library |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
Console Application |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Empty Project |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Class Library |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
NT Service |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
Crystal Reports Application |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
WPF Custom Control Library |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
WPF User Control Library |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Office |
Excel Workbook |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
Excel Template |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
Outlook Add-in |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
Word Document |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
Word Template |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Smart Devices |
Smart Device Project |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Database |
SQL Server Project |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Web |
Web Application |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
ASMX Web Service |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
WPF Browser Application |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
WCF Service |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
Web Control Library |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
Web Hosted Service |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Workflow |
Sequential Workflow |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
Sequential Workflow Library |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
Workflow Activity Library |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
State Machine Workflow |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
State Machine Workflow Library |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
Empty Workflow |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
See Also
Concepts
Default Project Templates in Visual Studio
Installation and Setup Essentials