WinFX SDK vs. Indigo/Avalon Redist

You've probably seen the pre-release of Avalong and Indigo Beta 1 RC, and if you downloaded the content from https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b789bc8d-4f25-4823-b6aa-c5edf432d0c1&displaylang=en&Hash=338QXSB, then you've likely downloaded the redistributable instead of the entire WinFX SDK.

While you can develop against the redistributable, you don't get the documentation, samples, etc.  For those little pieces, you need the bundle of joy that is the WinFX SDK which is hiding behind a the little innocous link on the page within the statement, "There is also an updated WinFX SDK, including documentation, samples and tools available for this release."

If you're like me, you never read that far on the page the first, second, third and even fourth times you visited the page and may have overlooked it.  Rumor has it the documentation contained with the WinFX SDK is more up-to-date than the documentation on msdn.microsoft.com.

Comments

• Anonymous
  June 13, 2005
  I've had the same experience. I was going by the MSDN documentation and was having hard time experimenting with Indigo and Avalon. I thought both of them didn't install property so I went back to the website and while downloading I noticed that link at the bottom of the page. And was glad to find a more updated documentation with it.
• Anonymous
  June 27, 2005
  Have you had any luck getting the Avalon SDK to install with the June CTP of vs.net team system?
  
  Thanks,
  Tommy
• Anonymous
  February 22, 2006
  Very useful blog. Thank you.