# Developing FlexPendant app with 5.15 - does VS2008 still work?
**URL:** https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/developing-flexpendant-app-with-5-15-does-vs2008-still-work/5608
**Category:** Developer Tools
**Created:** [July 8, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/developing-flexpendant-app-with-5-15-does-vs2008-still-work/5608 "2013-07-08T06:34:50Z")
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### Author:  [@derekcharles](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/derekcharles)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/developing-flexpendant-app-with-5-15-does-vs2008-still-work/5608/1 "2013-07-08T06:34:50Z")
Hi, I’m new to developing a FlexPendant app, and I’m not clear on what the support currently is.
I understand VS2010 and VS2012 can’t be used due to the (lack of) Compact Framework, but I also have Visual Studio 2008 Pro, and have just installed RS 5.15. When I start VS2008 I do not have any options to create a new FP project in C#.
Do I need to install RS 5.14 to get started? Or do I mock up my UI in ScreenMaker and then save as a FP SDK project so I can continue in VS2008 and get the full power of the .Net runtime?
Thanks,
Derek.
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### Author:  [@baldwindc](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/baldwindc)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/developing-flexpendant-app-with-5-15-does-vs2008-still-work/5608/2 "2013-07-09T17:07:41Z")
I had the same issue. Uninstalling and reinstalling RobotStudio fixed it for me.
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### Author:  [@derekcharles](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/derekcharles)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/developing-flexpendant-app-with-5-15-does-vs2008-still-work/5608/3 "2013-07-19T11:09:35Z")
Thanks baldwindc - simply reinstalling it didn’t work, as you say, it had to be uninstalled fully before reinstalling to insert the FP project options in VS2008.