New Windows Phone Developer Tools - January 2011 Update
From the WPF Blogger Blog:
“This long awaited update includes the API access to copy and paste for developers, they can now test their applications with copy paste functionality in the Emulator update.
Included in the Update
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Windows Phone Emulator Update.
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Windows Phone Developer Resources Update.
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Windows Phone Capability Detection Tool.
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Windows Phone Connect Tool.
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Updated Bing Maps Silverlight Control. Includes improvements to gesture performance when using Bing™ Maps Silverlight® Control.
You must have the following pre-requisites to install this update
Supported OS : Windows 7 or Windows Vista.
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Windows Vista (x86 and X64) with Service Pack 2 all editions except Starter Edition.
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Windows 7 (x86 and x64) all editions except Starter Edition.
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Most Importantly! You must have windows Phone Developer Tools RTM version Installed.
Download January 2011 Update from this link.
- Download WindowsPhoneDeveloperResources_[language]_patch1.msp
- Download VS10-KB2486994-x86.exe ”
Enabled Controls
Copy and paste is now enabled on Windows® Phone 7 in the following controls:
Developers can test the copy and paste functionality in the new Windows Phone Emulator. For more information, see How to: Test Copy and Paste in Windows Phone Emulator. End users can use the copy and paste functionality only after receiving the corresponding update to the Windows Phone 7 operating system.
What is needed to take advantage of Cut and Paste ?
Most applications already published to the Windows Phone Marketplace do not need to be recompiled to take advantage of copy and paste functionality. Copy and paste will work automatically for end users after they receive the corresponding update to the operating system.
References
Parvez Ansari:
http://wpfblogger.com/post/Windows-Phone-Developer-Tools-with-Copy-Paste-support-releasede28093January-2011-Update.aspx
Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=49b9d0c5-6597-4313-912a-f0cca9c7d277&displaylang=en