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As previously blogged, original CTP did not work with the RTM version of Visual Web Developer 2008 Express or Visual Studio 2008 - this update provides compatibility.

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This is a refresh to previous November 2007 CTP Release. In this refresh, we have modified “ASP.NET Windows Live Web Site”.  Please give us your feedback! Let us know what you like and what you don't like. What are the things that are missing today that stop you from using Windows Live Tools? What are your "must have" features? Stop by and give us your feedback on the Windows Live Tools site.   

Uninstalling the November CTP

Microsoft Windows XP SP2

To uninstall this CTP release from Windows XP SP2:

1)      Click Start

2)      Click Control Panel

3)      Open Add/Remove Programs

4)      Select “Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio CTP” and Click Remove

Microsoft Windows Vista

To uninstall this CTP Release from Windows Vista:

1)      Click Start

2)      Click Control Panel

3)      Click Programs and Features

4)      Select “Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio CTP” and Click Uninstall

Uninstall Issues – Windows Vista

Uninstall on Windows Vista requires elevated privileges:

If you are uninstalling this CTP from Windows Vista, we recommend that you allow the Installer program to run under elevated privileges when prompted by the User Account Control settings.

Install the Prerequisites for Windows Live Tools

This CTP release only targets English (United States).

Operating System

·         Microsoft Windows XP SP 2

·         Microsoft Windows Vista

Development Tools

·         Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 RTM Release

·         Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Beta 2 Express Edition

ASP.NET

·         Microsoft ASP.NET Ajax 1.0

·         Microsoft ASP.NET Futures (July 2007)

Installing the November CTP Refresh

·         Please ensure that you have all the prerequisites described above installed on your development workstation.

·         Download the November CTP Refresh Release from here and install on the development workstation.

Installation Issues – Windows Vista

Installation on Windows Vista requires elevated privileges:

If you are installing this CTP on Windows Vista, we recommend that you allow the Installer program to run under elevated privileges when prompted by the User Account Control settings.

What's included in the November 2007 CTP Refresh

We have modified the “ASP.NET Windows Live Web Site” template. This template is now compatible with Visual Studio 2008 RTM Release.  Installer included in this release now includes controls from previous CTP release and updated project template.

Visual Studio Project Template

·         ASP.NET Windows Live Web Site (Updated)

 

ASP.NET Server Controls

·         Contacts

·         SilverlightStreamingMedia

·         IDLogin

·         IDLoginView

 

Contacts: The Contacts control allows developers to include Windows Live Contacts into their web pages. The control provides the ability to raise client and server events for sign-in/sign-out and data transfer activities. It also allows the developer’s webpage to get word of mouth through viral traffic. This control is an ASP.NET version of the existing JavaScript control available at http://dev.live.com/contacts. 

SilverlightStreamingMedia: The SilverlightStreamingMedia control extends the ASP.NET Futures Media control by allowing you to play videos from your Silverlight Streaming account. Now at design time, you can specify your account credentials and choose the video you want to display on your web pages.

 

    <live:SilverlightStreamingMedia ID="SilverlightStreamingMedia1" runat="server" 
        Height="240px" MediaUrl="streaming:/6579/INTERVIEW/Angus_Logan_500k.wmv" 
        Width="320px">
    </live:SilverlightStreamingMedia>

 

IDLogin: The IDLogin control quickly allows you to provision Windows Live ID authentication for your application. Now you drag and drop the control on your web page, provision your Application ID, and compile/run the project. This also provides for client/server side events for sign-in/sign-out user actions, a property to maintain your application context, and properties to specify background/foreground colors to mesh with your web page.

IDLoginView: IDLoginView extends the functionality of the ASP.NET LoginView control by adding support for Windows Live ID authentication. It allows you to associate a Windows Live ID with an ASP.NET membership profile to provide a single sign-on experience for your web site users. It adds new templates to provide richness in your web site based on the login state of your web site user.

<live:IDLoginView ID="IDLoginView2" runat="server">
    <AssociatePromptTemplate>
        Associate your user name for this website with your Windows Live ID?<br>
        <asp:Button runat="server" CommandName="associate_yes" Text="Yes" ID="IDLoginView2_livepromptyes"></asp:Button>
        <asp:Button runat="server" CommandName="associate_no" Text="No" ID="IDLoginView2_livepromptno"></asp:Button>
    </AssociatePromptTemplate>
    <LoggedInIDTemplate>
        You are Logged in with Windows Live ID
    </LoggedInIDTemplate>
</live:IDLoginView>

Technical Support and Community

·         You can participate in technical discussion with other developers in the Windows Live Controls Development Forum. 

·         You can provide your feedback and report bugs at the Windows Live Tools site.

References

·         Windows Live Contacts

·         Windows Live ID authentication

·         Microsoft ASP.NET Ajax

·         Microsoft ASP.NET Futures