Updated description of December SDK to indicate this will still be in beta

Managed DirectX for .Net 2.0 beta (Microsoft.DirectX.Dll v2.0.900.0) is NOT compatible with any builds of VS2005/.Net 2.0 apart from beta 2. The issue occurs due to conflicting release schedules of VS/.Net and Managed DirectX. This is documented in the readme for the October SDK.

If you try to use it with any RC, RTM or released Visual Studio product including the Express editions you will get:

The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

The only workaround is to go back to a beta version of VS2005.

The compatibility issue will be fixed with the release of the next BETA of Managed DirectX for .Net 2.0 in the December SDK. See Microsoft's confirmation in MSDN forums and Managed DirectX newsgroup. The final release will be in an SDK beyond December 2005.

Versions affected: Managed DirectX for .Net 2.0 beta (Microsoft.DirectX.Dll v2.0.900.0) from the October 2005 SDK when used with Visual Studio 2005 and .Net 2.0 RC, RTM or Released products

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