Visual Basic Support CTP for Windows Phone 7 Development Tools (but no XNA,Expression)

Microsoft Downloads - Microsoft® Visual Basic® CTP for Windows® Phone Developer Tools

“This CTP enables Visual Basic developers to create Windows Phone 7 applications with the final version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools

Files:

README.txt ,1KB
VBWP7Setup.msi, 937KB

Version: September 2010

Date Published: 9/22/2010

Please install this Community Technology Preview to develop Windows Phone 7 applications using Microsoft Visual Basic. This CTP is to be used as an evaluation, and is not intended to reflect the final version of the technology, which is subject to implementation changes. The final version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools is a prerequisite for this CTP, and can be found here (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=04704acf-a63a-4f97-952c-8b51b34b00ce&displaylang=en).

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From the Readme.txt (leached in full);

“Microsoft® Visual Basic® for Windows® Phone Developer Tools CTP September 2010

Prerequisites:

- Windows Phone Developer Tools RTW
- Visual Studio 2010 Professional or higher

Known Issues:

1. XNA projects. Visual Basic is not currently supported for XNA. Developers using the CTP can create Visual Basic Silverlight Windows Phone applications; however, there are no Visual Basic Windows Phone project templates available for XNA at this time.

2. Integration with Expression Blend for Windows Phone. Visual Basic Windows Phone applications are not currently supported in Expression Blend for Windows Phone.”

One step forward at least. I’;m glad to see it…