Install wfc in visual studio 2005

I have read a lot of pages with links to install wfc in vs 8. There
are a lots to download for that and most links dont work..
now some pages say that if we have vs 2005 then there is no need to
install the big 1g+ win sdk file.........
http://blog.n-technologies.be/PermaL...def48af3e.aspx

I have vs 2005 with msdn lib. .net framework 2 , and win xp sp2 .
can anyone tell me how to install wpf into my vs . What should i
download for it ? (links would be great)

I also dont want to download the win sdk file ,its too big.

Is there a way ..

Sorry its wpf and not wfc

And one more question
is it enough to get started with wpf by installing sp1 for vs 2005

I have vs 2005 with msdn lib. .net framework 2 , and win xp sp2 .

"Deepak" <deepak.mega@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171132341.359880.297580@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> And one more question
> is it enough to get started with wpf by installing sp1 for vs 2005
>
> I have vs 2005 with msdn lib. .net framework 2 , and win xp sp2 .
>

Here are the installation instructions for getting WPF up and running. You
need to start by installing SP-1 for VS2005, but it won't get you to
WPFland. After that, follow these steps, in this order.

1. Windows Presentation Foundation requires Version 3.0 of the .NET
Framework. While this automatically comes with Windows Vista, if you are
using Windows XP you will have to download the installable from the
Microsoft Website.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Once this has been installed you should see an entry at
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework which reads "v3.0".


2. Download and install the Windows SDK. This is required in order to
provide the help files for WPF. You should do this before installing the
extensions to Visual Studio (Step 3 below) because the help files must be
present on your computer in order for them to be linked to Visual Studio.
Of course you will find it much more convenient for help to be available
just by pressing F1 with a particular term highlighted rather than being
forced to manually open the help file and to search for a particular term
via the search box.

The Windows SDK for can be downloaded from the following location.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Even though this SDK is labeled "Windows SDK for Windows Vista", when you
begin to install it, one of the screens indicates that it is also the
correct version for Windows XP, provided that you already have Service Pack
2 installed.

3. Even if you are running Windows Vista you will need to install the
Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WCF and WPF.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

4. To verify that you have correctly followed these instructions, open
Visual Studio and select Create a new Project. Look for an entry below the
C# or VB node in the treeview of project types which reads "NET Framework
3.0". When you select this entry you should see in the details pane to the
right an entry under "Visual Studio installed templates" called Windows
Application (WPF). Create a new application and select a term which is WPF
related (eg. Application or Window). Press the F1 key and if the correct
context sensitive help comes up, you can be confident that you have
succeeded. Congratulations!

Good luck.
Robin S.

One word of caution (After reading Robins advice).

I tryed installing VS 2005 SP1 and it would not install (on XP).

I have the May LINQ preview installed as well as ALL the latest extensions
for WF, WCF, WPF and the SDK is installed as well.

I think VS 2005 SP1 will not install if you LINQ (May CTP) running.

I tryed the Orcas - Virtual Machine approach - (for the latest LINQ) it was
a waste of time for us and never worked right.

Good luck and post back on how your set up experience went. (hopefully
Robins advice about 'VS 2005 SP1' first will work).

Shawnk

"Deepak" wrote:

> I have read a lot of pages with links to install wfc in vs 8. There
> are a lots to download for that and most links dont work..
> now some pages say that if we have vs 2005 then there is no need to
> install the big 1g+ win sdk file.........
> http://blog.n-technologies.be/PermaL...def48af3e.aspx
>
> I have vs 2005 with msdn lib. .net framework 2 , and win xp sp2 .
> can anyone tell me how to install wpf into my vs . What should i
> download for it ? (links would be great)
>
> I also dont want to download the win sdk file ,its too big.
>
> Is there a way ..
>
>

You should deinstall any betas before going forward, and *especially* if
you have the beta of SP-1 installed, you *must* deinstall it before
installing the final version.

For you, Shawnk, you sound kind of, well, screwed. ;-) You'll probably
have to deinstall the Linq stuff, but hopefully not the .Net 3.0 stuff,
unless it's the beta version.

Good luck to both of you.
Robin S.
-----------------------------
"Shawnk" <Shawnk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:14D4D63C-5C70-4ADC-AD99-9C4955B862A6@microsoft.com...
> One word of caution (After reading Robins advice).
>
> I tryed installing VS 2005 SP1 and it would not install (on XP).
>
> I have the May LINQ preview installed as well as ALL the latest
> extensions
> for WF, WCF, WPF and the SDK is installed as well.
>
> I think VS 2005 SP1 will not install if you LINQ (May CTP) running.
>
> I tryed the Orcas - Virtual Machine approach - (for the latest LINQ) it
> was
> a waste of time for us and never worked right.
>
> Good luck and post back on how your set up experience went. (hopefully
> Robins advice about 'VS 2005 SP1' first will work).
>
> Shawnk
>
> "Deepak" wrote:
>
>> I have read a lot of pages with links to install wfc in vs 8. There
>> are a lots to download for that and most links dont work..
>> now some pages say that if we have vs 2005 then there is no need to
>> install the big 1g+ win sdk file.........
>> http://blog.n-technologies.be/PermaL...def48af3e.aspx
>>
>> I have vs 2005 with msdn lib. .net framework 2 , and win xp sp2 .
>> can anyone tell me how to install wpf into my vs . What should i
>> download for it ? (links would be great)
>>
>> I also dont want to download the win sdk file ,its too big.
>>
>> Is there a way ..
>>
>>

Robin,

FYI - I'm currently 'in project' for a WPF delivery (prototype) and
do not want to 'change horses in the middle of a stream' (so to speak).

We spent so much time installing betas, CTPs and switching platform
combinations in Q4 2006 that we like to reserve a full quarter year of time
(3 months) to test and prove out platform technologies.

Let us know if you know anyone running the May 2006 of LINQ on a:

XP - VS 2005 SP1 - .NET 3.0 RTM

combination.

We have not tryed the Orcas platform approach using the older Virtual Machine
technology (Virtual PC 2004 I think ???). The Virtual Server 2005 (on Vista
RC1) basically did not work at all for us and with
limited time for 'platform research' we did not try Orcas on the XP -
Virtual PC 2004 combination (which from the forums seems to be fairly solid).
If we have time we may try it (Orcas virtual machine approach to CTP/Beta
testing) in Q2 2007.

So many platform combinations - so little time :-)

Thank you for your time, comments and advice.
I'm sure many other people who are 'in tranisition' with
betas and CTPs still installed will value your comments :-)

Shawnk

"RobinS" wrote:

> You should deinstall any betas before going forward, and *especially* if
> you have the beta of SP-1 installed, you *must* deinstall it before
> installing the final version.
>
> For you, Shawnk, you sound kind of, well, screwed. ;-) You'll probably
> have to deinstall the Linq stuff, but hopefully not the .Net 3.0 stuff,
> unless it's the beta version.
>
> Good luck to both of you.
> Robin S.
> -----------------------------
> "Shawnk" <Shawnk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:14D4D63C-5C70-4ADC-AD99-9C4955B862A6@microsoft.com...
> > One word of caution (After reading Robins advice).
> >
> > I tryed installing VS 2005 SP1 and it would not install (on XP).
> >
> > I have the May LINQ preview installed as well as ALL the latest
> > extensions
> > for WF, WCF, WPF and the SDK is installed as well.
> >
> > I think VS 2005 SP1 will not install if you LINQ (May CTP) running.
> >
> > I tryed the Orcas - Virtual Machine approach - (for the latest LINQ) it
> > was
> > a waste of time for us and never worked right.
> >
> > Good luck and post back on how your set up experience went. (hopefully
> > Robins advice about 'VS 2005 SP1' first will work).
> >
> > Shawnk
> >
> > "Deepak" wrote:
> >
> >> I have read a lot of pages with links to install wfc in vs 8. There
> >> are a lots to download for that and most links dont work..
> >> now some pages say that if we have vs 2005 then there is no need to
> >> install the big 1g+ win sdk file.........
> >> http://blog.n-technologies.be/PermaL...def48af3e.aspx
> >>
> >> I have vs 2005 with msdn lib. .net framework 2 , and win xp sp2 .
> >> can anyone tell me how to install wpf into my vs . What should i
> >> download for it ? (links would be great)
> >>
> >> I also dont want to download the win sdk file ,its too big.
> >>
> >> Is there a way ..
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

I don't blame you one bit. I wouldn't muck around with it either.

I know many people who use Virtual PC, which appears to be a free download
from Microsoft these days. It seems to work fairly well. So that's
certainly something you can try. From what I understand, you can even
install the second OS or whatever you want to run on an external harddrive
and run it from there. I'd have to do that because my laptop is so full
that when I shake it, bytes fall out the back. ;-) I was considering doing
that to try out Vista.

Robin S.
----------------------------------------------------
"Shawnk" <Shawnk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4C4B3133-903C-4C3C-9DC7-11EA905C6F89@microsoft.com...
> Robin,
>
> FYI - I'm currently 'in project' for a WPF delivery (prototype) and
> do not want to 'change horses in the middle of a stream' (so to speak).
>
> We spent so much time installing betas, CTPs and switching platform
> combinations in Q4 2006 that we like to reserve a full quarter year of
> time
> (3 months) to test and prove out platform technologies.
>
> Let us know if you know anyone running the May 2006 of LINQ on a:
>
> XP - VS 2005 SP1 - .NET 3.0 RTM
>
> combination.
>
> We have not tryed the Orcas platform approach using the older Virtual
> Machine
> technology (Virtual PC 2004 I think ???). The Virtual Server 2005 (on
> Vista
> RC1) basically did not work at all for us and with
> limited time for 'platform research' we did not try Orcas on the XP -
> Virtual PC 2004 combination (which from the forums seems to be fairly
> solid).
> If we have time we may try it (Orcas virtual machine approach to CTP/Beta
> testing) in Q2 2007.
>
> So many platform combinations - so little time :-)
>
> Thank you for your time, comments and advice.
> I'm sure many other people who are 'in tranisition' with
> betas and CTPs still installed will value your comments :-)
>
> Shawnk
>
> "RobinS" wrote:
>
>> You should deinstall any betas before going forward, and *especially* if
>> you have the beta of SP-1 installed, you *must* deinstall it before
>> installing the final version.
>>
>> For you, Shawnk, you sound kind of, well, screwed. ;-) You'll probably
>> have to deinstall the Linq stuff, but hopefully not the .Net 3.0 stuff,
>> unless it's the beta version.
>>
>> Good luck to both of you.
>> Robin S.
>> -----------------------------
>> "Shawnk" <Shawnk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:14D4D63C-5C70-4ADC-AD99-9C4955B862A6@microsoft.com...
>> > One word of caution (After reading Robins advice).
>> >
>> > I tryed installing VS 2005 SP1 and it would not install (on XP).
>> >
>> > I have the May LINQ preview installed as well as ALL the latest
>> > extensions
>> > for WF, WCF, WPF and the SDK is installed as well.
>> >
>> > I think VS 2005 SP1 will not install if you LINQ (May CTP) running.
>> >
>> > I tryed the Orcas - Virtual Machine approach - (for the latest LINQ)
>> > it
>> > was
>> > a waste of time for us and never worked right.
>> >
>> > Good luck and post back on how your set up experience went. (hopefully
>> > Robins advice about 'VS 2005 SP1' first will work).
>> >
>> > Shawnk
>> >
>> > "Deepak" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have read a lot of pages with links to install wfc in vs 8. There
>> >> are a lots to download for that and most links dont work..
>> >> now some pages say that if we have vs 2005 then there is no need to
>> >> install the big 1g+ win sdk file.........
>> >> http://blog.n-technologies.be/PermaL...def48af3e.aspx
>> >>
>> >> I have vs 2005 with msdn lib. .net framework 2 , and win xp sp2 .
>> >> can anyone tell me how to install wpf into my vs . What should i
>> >> download for it ? (links would be great)
>> >>
>> >> I also dont want to download the win sdk file ,its too big.
>> >>
>> >> Is there a way ..
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Clarification on my previous post.

We tried Virtual Server 2005 on Vista RC1 with bad results.

We DID NOT TRY Virtual PC 2004 on XP (not enough project time).

From the forums we reviewed it looked like the Virtual PC 2004 on XP was
more stable and others were having Vista/Virtual Server 2005 problems as well.

You could also try out Virtual PC 2004 on Vista. Good luck either way you
go!!!

Shawnk

"RobinS" wrote:

> I don't blame you one bit. I wouldn't muck around with it either.
>
> I know many people who use Virtual PC, which appears to be a free download
> from Microsoft these days. It seems to work fairly well. So that's
> certainly something you can try. From what I understand, you can even
> install the second OS or whatever you want to run on an external harddrive
> and run it from there. I'd have to do that because my laptop is so full
> that when I shake it, bytes fall out the back. ;-) I was considering doing
> that to try out Vista.
>
> Robin S.
> ----------------------------------------------------
> "Shawnk" <Shawnk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4C4B3133-903C-4C3C-9DC7-11EA905C6F89@microsoft.com...
> > Robin,
> >
> > FYI - I'm currently 'in project' for a WPF delivery (prototype) and
> > do not want to 'change horses in the middle of a stream' (so to speak).
> >
> > We spent so much time installing betas, CTPs and switching platform
> > combinations in Q4 2006 that we like to reserve a full quarter year of
> > time
> > (3 months) to test and prove out platform technologies.
> >
> > Let us know if you know anyone running the May 2006 of LINQ on a:
> >
> > XP - VS 2005 SP1 - .NET 3.0 RTM
> >
> > combination.
> >
> > We have not tryed the Orcas platform approach using the older Virtual
> > Machine
> > technology (Virtual PC 2004 I think ???). The Virtual Server 2005 (on
> > Vista
> > RC1) basically did not work at all for us and with
> > limited time for 'platform research' we did not try Orcas on the XP -
> > Virtual PC 2004 combination (which from the forums seems to be fairly
> > solid).
> > If we have time we may try it (Orcas virtual machine approach to CTP/Beta
> > testing) in Q2 2007.
> >
> > So many platform combinations - so little time :-)
> >
> > Thank you for your time, comments and advice.
> > I'm sure many other people who are 'in tranisition' with
> > betas and CTPs still installed will value your comments :-)
> >
> > Shawnk
> >
> > "RobinS" wrote:
> >
> >> You should deinstall any betas before going forward, and *especially* if
> >> you have the beta of SP-1 installed, you *must* deinstall it before
> >> installing the final version.
> >>
> >> For you, Shawnk, you sound kind of, well, screwed. ;-) You'll probably
> >> have to deinstall the Linq stuff, but hopefully not the .Net 3.0 stuff,
> >> unless it's the beta version.
> >>
> >> Good luck to both of you.
> >> Robin S.
> >> -----------------------------
> >> "Shawnk" <Shawnk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:14D4D63C-5C70-4ADC-AD99-9C4955B862A6@microsoft.com...
> >> > One word of caution (After reading Robins advice).
> >> >
> >> > I tryed installing VS 2005 SP1 and it would not install (on XP).
> >> >
> >> > I have the May LINQ preview installed as well as ALL the latest
> >> > extensions
> >> > for WF, WCF, WPF and the SDK is installed as well.
> >> >
> >> > I think VS 2005 SP1 will not install if you LINQ (May CTP) running.
> >> >
> >> > I tryed the Orcas - Virtual Machine approach - (for the latest LINQ)
> >> > it
> >> > was
> >> > a waste of time for us and never worked right.
> >> >
> >> > Good luck and post back on how your set up experience went. (hopefully
> >> > Robins advice about 'VS 2005 SP1' first will work).
> >> >
> >> > Shawnk
> >> >
> >> > "Deepak" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I have read a lot of pages with links to install wfc in vs 8. There
> >> >> are a lots to download for that and most links dont work..
> >> >> now some pages say that if we have vs 2005 then there is no need to
> >> >> install the big 1g+ win sdk file.........
> >> >> http://blog.n-technologies.be/PermaL...def48af3e.aspx
> >> >>
> >> >> I have vs 2005 with msdn lib. .net framework 2 , and win xp sp2 .
> >> >> can anyone tell me how to install wpf into my vs . What should i
> >> >> download for it ? (links would be great)
> >> >>
> >> >> I also dont want to download the win sdk file ,its too big.
> >> >>
> >> >> Is there a way ..
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

I installed wpf in my visual studio without problems ( except the
time it took)
I have vs 2005 , win xp sp2
1) I installed the dot net 3
2) I installed the sp1 of vs
3) Then i installed the extensions addin ( i didnt down the winfx
sdk )
thats it (now its working properly). I didnt install any betas
before .

And does anyone know where u get the winfx sdk documents seperately
the winfx sdk is a big file and i dont want to download it...