We are pleased to present a new CTP of Expression Interactive Designer that targets Microsoft WinFX® Runtime Components Beta 2.

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New users! If you are new to Expression Interactive Designer and are building user experience for WinFX applications on the Microsoft Windows® platform, this tool is a great start. Future versions of Expression Interactive Designer may be optimized for other platforms such as the Web and mobile devices.

The CTP releases are a great way to experiment and begin familiarizing yourself with the tool, but we do not recommend using them for production work at this time. You will likely encounter bugs, incomplete features or limitations. Specifically, many of the user interface controls are not fully complete, making some of the functionality difficult to discover. We welcome you to try the innovative features in Expression Interactive Designer such as rich 2D & 3D graphics, animation, dynamic layout, data binding, style & template editing, and resource management.

We recommend that you explore the included sample projects and read the documentation. And because this is an unfinished product, some knowledge of WinFX and .NET programming will help you when working with the CTPs. For more information about WinFX, see the Windows Software Development Kit. You can also get a free copy of a Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express edition at the Visual Studio Express Web site.