Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 发布

The Tools You'll Need to Run The Show
Windows Live™ Tools for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 are a set of control add-ins to make incorporating Windows Live services into your Web application easier with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008.
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The six controls included in this CTP release are:
· Contacts Control (reference)
· IDLoginStatus Control (reference)
· IDLoginView Control (reference)
· MessengerChat Control (reference)
· SilverlightStreamingMediaPlayer Control (reference)
· Map Control (reference)
Requirements for Using 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
· Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008
· Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Tools for VS 2008

该 CTP 版是针对 2008 年 7 月 CTP 版更新的。在新版中，Windows Live Tools 已经兼容 Windows Azure 以及 Silverlight 2 了。包括以下内容：
ASP.NET Server Controls
• Contacts
• IDLoginStatus
• IDLoginView
• Map
• MessengerChat
• SilverlightStreamingMediaPlayer
Visual Studio Project 模板
• ASP.NET Windows Live 网站（Web Site)
• Windows Live Web 应用（Application ）
• Windows Live Web Role (Windows Azure Cloud Project 模板)

恩。这个是个好东西。以前用一二次。做Messenger 几乎不用写一句代码就可以完成以前用JS写的N多代码。
明天抽空试试。