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Announcing the availability of the March 2006 CTP of Expression Interactive Designer

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If you've been using the January Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Expression Interactive Designer (EID) and you've been waiting for the March CTP that we mentioned in a previous post [1] then you'll be glad to hear that your wait is over!

We're pleased to present the March 2006 CTP of EID that targets the February 2006 CTP of Microsoft WinFX Runtime Components (RTC). We have had an opportunity to make incremental improvements to various features of the product as well as to incorporate some of your feedback.

To install this build of Expression Interactive Designer download it from the Microsoft Expression web site at https://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/interactive_designer/id_free_trial.aspx

To help us make a better product, please send your feedback to us via our discussion forum [2] or our product feedback center on the Microsoft Expression Web site [3].

Highlights in this CTP include:

  • Compatibility with latest WinFX CTP. The March 2006 CTP is fully compatible with the February 2006 CTP of Microsoft WinFX Runtime Components.
  • Improved grouping for elements. Elements can now be grouped in all containers instead of just within a Canvas panel.
  • Drag and drop. Elements within the structure view of the Timeline palette can now be reordered and drag and dropped into other controls and containers.
  • Improved binding to objects. Properties on objects inside a DataTemplate can now be bound-to directly.
  • Design-time visualization of data. Sample data is automatically generated for you if real data is not available at design time.
  • Improved URI support. Relative project references for URIs are now fully supported.
  • Enhanced clipboard interactivity. An element, as well as all its linked resources, are now copied when pasting that element into a different scene.

A gallery of samples and tutorials updated for this CTP [4] can be found in the Article Categories section to the right of the blog.

Very importantly, please also take a moment to read the Readme file for the March CTP [5] which contains known issues and workarounds.

[1] https://blogs.msdn.com/expression/archive/2006/02/22/537105.aspx
[2] https://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.expression.interactivedesigner&cat=&lang=en&cr=US
[3] https://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.mspx
[4] https://blogs.msdn.com/expression/articles/543834.aspx
[5] https://blogs.msdn.com/expression/articles/538345.aspx

Comments

  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2006
    Your wait is over! The March CTP version of Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer is available for...
  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2006
    enjoy!
    http://blogs.msdn.com/expression/archive/2006/03/09/543851.aspx
     
  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2006
    The downloads seems unavailable... :-(
  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2006
    When you get to the step 4 (the page with the setup instructions) you need to click on the "Downloads" link on the left navigation pane to download Expression Interactive Designer.

    Indeed, it is a little bit confusing that the link is not placed in the same table as the links to Windows Presentation Framework and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express.

    Please let us know if that doesn't work for you.

    Thanks,
    - Adrian
  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2006
    We've just finish our March CTP, check out directions as to how to get it on the expression blog...
  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2006
    Terribly sorry.... I had applied for the Graphic Designer program. I've got it under control now... ;-) thanks!
  • Anonymous
    March 10, 2006
    A bit of a convoluted user experience on the connect.microsoft.com site, but I’ve got the March CTP up and running. Thanks guys.
  • Anonymous
    March 10, 2006
    The comment has been removed
  • Anonymous
    March 12, 2006
    On Friday, we released March 2006 CTPs of both Expression Interactive Designer and Expression Graphic...
  • Anonymous
    March 15, 2006
    Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer의 3월 CTP가 나왔습니다. 자세한 내용은 여기서 보시고 다운로드~ 물론 Microsoft Expression...
  • Anonymous
    March 18, 2006
    The team behind the Microsoft Expression family products have announced on their blog the availability...
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