Microsoft Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio (RC0)

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This package is an add-on for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 to provide tooling for Microsoft Silverlight 2. It can be installed on top of either Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1, and it provides a Silverlight project system for developing Silverlight applications using C# or Visual Basic.

This download will install the following:  Ã‚· Silverlight 2 developer runtime  Ã‚· Silverlight 2 software development kit  Ã‚· KB956453 for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and/or  Ã‚· KB956485 for Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1  Ã‚· Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and/or  Ã‚· Silverlight Tools for Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1

Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 includes:  Ã‚· Visual Basic and C# Project templates  Ã‚· Intellisense and code generators for XAML  Ã‚· XAML design preview  Ã‚· Debugging of Silverlight applications  Ã‚· Remote debugging of Silverlight applications for Mac  Ã‚· Web reference support  Ã‚· WCF Templates  Ã‚· Team Build and command line build support  Ã‚· Integration with Expression Blend

System Requirements • Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 with the Visual Web Developer feature or • Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1

Download: Microsoft Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (RC0)

Key Features

Fast Performance

Optimized for speed and efficiency

Secure & Safe

Built with security in mind

Cross-Platform

Available on multiple platforms

Customizable

Personalize to fit your needs

System Requirements

macOS

Compatible with macOS operating system

Windows

Compatible with Windows operating system

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Published Sep 26, 2008
Last Updated Nov 18, 2025
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