Silverlight activity control - messing up width and height?

Question

Hello, I'm struggling with Silverlights' activity control. I placed a grid inside the activity control and no matter whether it shows "Loading..." or not, the grid doesn't stretch anymore, only the min-values are applied. After removing the activity-control everything works fine, againg - but I need to use the ctrl. Did I do something wrong? Best regards, rwh

Code:
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Style="{StaticResource DetailPageLayoutRoot}">
    <activity:Activity IsActive="{Binding IsBusy}">
     <Grid ShowGridLines="True" MinWidth="200" MinHeight="200" Background="Bisque" >
      <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
       <ColumnDefinition MinWidth="50" Width="0.2*"/>
       <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
       <ColumnDefinition MinWidth="50" Width="0.8*"/>
      </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
      <StackPanel Grid.Column="0" Margin="1" Background="Beige">
      ...
      </StackPanel>
      <controls:GridSplitter Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="1" Width="4" MinWidth="4" MaxWidth="4"/>
      <StackPanel Grid.Column="2" Margin="1" Background="AliceBlue">
       ...
      </StackPanel>
     </Grid>
    </activity:Activity>
</Grid>

Answer 1

I am having the same problem. I think it might be something wrong with the control. You could set the minwidth/height programmatically. So innerGrid.minWidth = innerGrid.Parent.Parent.actualwidth; Not sure if that will work though.

Answer 2

Update:

This control has now(Nov 2009) been incorporated into the Silverlight toolkit. Its been renamed the BusyIndicator. Get it here.

Original Answer:

The latest version of the control fixes this problem. Download it here: http://www.davidpoll.com/2009/09/14/update-2-displaying-background-activity-in-a-silverlight-ria-application/