<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
(	O
VSTA	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
that	O
independent	B-Application
software	I-Application
vendors	I-Application
(	O
ISVs	O
)	O
can	O
use	O
to	O
build	O
customization	O
abilities	O
into	O
their	O
applications	O
for	O
both	O
automation	O
and	O
extensibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
customization	O
abilities	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
end-users	O
to	O
tailor	O
the	O
ISV	O
's	O
application	O
within	O
a	O
managed	O
extensibility	O
environment	O
just	O
like	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
manufacturing	O
along	O
with	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
2.0	O
is	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
version	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
includes	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Dynamic	O
Programming	O
Model	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
WPF	B-Device
,	O
WCF	B-Application
,	O
WF	O
,	O
LINQ	B-Language
,	O
and	O
.NET	O
Framework	O
3.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VSTA	O
is	O
included	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
for	O
use	O
by	O
end-users	O
and	O
business	O
application	O
developers	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
SDK	O
is	O
available	O
separately	O
for	O
ISVs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
however	O
integrated	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
InfoPath	I-Protocol
only	O
,	O
as	O
other	O
applications	O
in	O
the	O
suite	O
use	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
(	O
VSTA	O
)	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
.NET	O
Framework	O
and	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
architecture	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Office	I-Application
(	O
VSTO	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	O
Studio	O
2005	O
Tools	O
for	O
Applications	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
.NET	O
2.0	O
framework	O
and	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2005	O
,	O
while	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
v	O
2.0	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
.NET	O
3.5	O
SP1	O
framework	O
and	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
technology	O
developed	O
for	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
for	O
Application	O
(	O
VSA	O
)	O
was	O
incorporated	O
within	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
both	O
a	O
runtime	O
and	O
design	O
time	O
environment	O
or	O
IDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
also	O
features	O
64-bit	O
support	O
and	O
macro	O
recording	O
of	O
the	O
host	O
application	O
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
incorporate	O
Active	B-Application
Scripting	I-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Independent	B-Application
software	I-Application
vendors	I-Application
(	O
ISVs	O
)	O
wishing	O
to	O
integrate	O
VSTA	O
into	O
their	O
applications	O
must	O
pay	O
a	O
license	O
fee	O
to	O
Summit	O
Software	O
that	O
is	O
calculated	O
either	O
on	O
a	O
$50	O
per-seat	O
basis	O
or	O
on	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
a	O
1%	O
,	O
2%	O
or	O
3%	O
royalty	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
products	O
 '	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
