Search code examples
c#asp.netvisual-studiopropertiesautomatic-properties

Why are my auto-implemented properties working in ASP.NET 2.0?

I'm using the auto-implemented properties syntax in the C# source files of my ASP.NET Web Application:

public int IdUser { get; set; }
...
this.IdUser = 1;

The Target framework of the project is .NET Framework 2.0. It compile and seems to run properly on a IIS Server with only ASP.NET 2.0 installed. I use Visual Studio 2010 to develop and compile.

I understood this syntax came with .NET 3.
Did I miss a setting somewhere in VS ? Can I expect trouble deploying the website on a IIS/ASP.NET 2.0 server ?

Solution

  • Auto-implemented properties were introduced in .NET 3.0 but are backwards compatible with 2.0. That's why you can run your code on 2.0 framework. Basically, it's just a syntactic sugar and the compiler actually generates a field for you behind the scenes.