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WinFX Beta 2 is Released

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Today we got new releases of Windows Vista Beta 2, Longhorn Server Beta 2, Office 2007 Beta 2 and WinFX Beta 2.

You can get WinFX Beta 2 here and the page includes full instructions: https://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/downloads/products/getthebeta/

If you only want to do workflow development then you just need to install WinFX Beta 2 and then the WF Extensions for Visual Studio Beta 2.2. These are two of the options listed on the above page. The Windows SDK and "Orcas" are not required if all you want to do is worklfow development. They will be helpful for WCF and WPF development.

In case you were wondering, WinFX Beta 2 includes the runtime component for WF Beta 2.2.

 

Have you seen this error on the workflow designer?

   "The XAML file does not contain a root activity."

It means you have the WinFX Feb CTP installed which includes WF Beta 2.1 runtime but a mismatched version of the WF extensions for Visual Studio. Because this software is not released there isn't a lot of extra code in the installers to check you have matching WF runtime and WF designers installed. You have to read the MSDN install pages and follow the instructions. Right now, that means the WinFX Beta 2 install page that I linked above.

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