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This CTP was released December 21st, so I have been updating my existing book chapters to make sure things still “work” if you know what I mean. Here's the instructions to build a machine or VPC for this latest release.
- Operating System: XP Professional with SP2 or Windows 2003 Server
- SQL Server: Install SQL Server 2000 or 2005, but you can skip this step if you want to use SQL Express which is installed with Visual Studio 2005 if you elect to.
- Visual Studio 2005: include SQL Express if you didn't do step 2. NOTE: I like to keep a VPC handy up to this point, and make copies of it as I need to rebuild for future WinFX CTP releases.
- WinFX Runtime Components (Dec CTP): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=BD3BA2D5-6ADB-4FB2-A3AA-E16A9EA5603F&displaylang=en
- Windows SDK (Dec CTP): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2297BDC9-B5AE-4B8A-B601-EEF54A52867A&displaylang=en
- Visual Studio Extensions for WinFX (Dec CTP): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D1336F3E-E677-426B-925C-C84A54654414&displaylang=en
A few things you might want to know after completing this installation:
- The installation directory for the SDK has changed since earlier CTP: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v1.0\
- To get at the samples for W*F you must unzip the rather large AllSamples zip file located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v1.0\samples (NOTE: this can take 1 hour on VPC...and I have a pretty fast machine with lots of RAM!)
I'll be posting links to my WCF book code updated for Dec CTP this week...with a really cool new site update, stay tuned!
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