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WinFX Runtime Components - November CTP is live on MSDN

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The November WinFX CTP went live on MSDN lat night. There is lots of new content in the SDK, including additional API information and many bug fixes. However, it's not a fully polished product. The December CTP is the target for many of our UI and setup changes. I recommend looking at the ReadMe before installing, and also keep in mind the notes below.

  • We are only providing an ISO DVD image. The DVD image really big so expect a long download time. The download page includes information for accessing the ISO image using an unsupported tool instead of burning to DVD.
  • The November CTP SDK should NOT be installed on any currently available build of Windows Vista. It is only supported on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 as is the WinFX Runtime Components November CTP.
  • The November CTP SDK only supports the November CTP of the WinFX Runtime Components. Therefore, it only supports managed code development and not native Win32 code development. There are a whole bunch of Win32 headers, libs, samples and documentation in it, but we don't recommend you use them at this time.
  • Custom install is not ready yet. We strongly advise that you only run standard setup. We are working on our new setup wizard for the December CTP and will be iterating on it after that deadline (with your help and feedback). So if you're curious about custom setup, feel free to visit the screen - but we advise you not to actually run it. :-)
  • With a work around or two (see the ReadMe), you can probably do x64 managed code development, but we did not do a full test pass on that, so we don't know how well it will work. We did not do any test pass on IA64.

We recommend you install in the following order:

  1. Visual Studio 2005 RTM (optional)
  2. WinFX Runtime Components November CTP
  3. Windows SDK November CTP
  4. Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WinFX Runtime Components November CTP (optional).

Comments

  • Anonymous
    November 18, 2005
    Unmanaged development may not be supported, but I for one will be eagerly examining the header files to see what's new, if nothing else to whet my appetite for what's in store. :)
  • Anonymous
    November 28, 2005
    FYI, your link to the "Windows SDK November CTP" is wrong. It is pointing to the "WinFX Runtime Compenents November CTP".