Just out of curiously, what is d:IsOptimized in Expressions Blend? While I know that d: is a namespace for design-time attributes, does anyone know what d:IsOptimized actually does? Is there anywhere that these Blend-specific attributes are documented? It's not in the design-time attributes supported (and documented) by Visual Studio:...
Hi, I am looking for some guidance and advice. I am new to the world of wpf "6 months" with 8 years development in windows forms. I still have not opened or used blend.I can see that is a designer tool but from a programmer prospective given that there are so many things to learn these days not sure if I should bother. Should I bother ...
I am trying to recreate a textbox that we created in Flash in XAML / Blend and I am stuck on the bevel / shadow only on two sides (top and left). then linking a button. Could someone point me in the right direction or a list of some books that cover Blend for designers or how to create custom effects / styles. example picture http://www...
Hi, Where do we put the StateChanged trigger from expressionblend.codeplex.com ? <i:Interaction.Triggers> <sam:StateChanged Completed="True" StateName="BeforeUnloaded"> <... /> </sam:StateChanged> </i:Interaction.Triggers> the above code i tried gave me a compile error saying A value of type 'StateChanged' cannot be added to...
I have successfully created my data source, which is a CLR object of the class Person. Person class has a bunch of public properties, such as Name, Emails, Phones, etc. I want to data bind person's emails (there's more than one email) to DataGrid or ListBox controls. I want to be able to choose which fields of the email I want to show ...
Ive got a really frustrating bug going on with Blend 4, when i edit a control template with triggers, if i switch to one of the triggers, the trigger changes are not shown in the design pane, its like ive turned off trigger rendering somehow Reproduction Steps Create a new WPF application in visual studio 2010 Open new solution in blen...
...any support for EDITORS? Or do I have to open the solution in Blend for being able to do some editing in a design surface? ;) ...
I have some issues with using databinding in silverlight 4 xaml pages, this is my problem: I have two data grids: <sdk:DataGrid x:Name="dgCodeCountry" Height="144" Margin="41,56,39,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" AutoGenerateColumns="False" ItemsSource="{Binding Collection}" > <sdk:DataGrid.Columns> <sdk:DataGridTextColumn Binding=...
I'm trying to make a model editor (UML) in WPF, a bit of practice to get comfortable with WPF development. I'm kind of stuck however. I want to be able to drag and drop my components on the canvas, which I got working when I added a single item to the canvas. However, obviously I need to have more than one item on my canvas. This would b...
Thirteen23 have one twitter client application which is amazing. You can see the demo from this link http://www.thirteen23.com/experiences/desktop/blu/. I want to do some animation like this for my startup/splash screen. Any Sample or suggestion how i can achive thesese kind of animation in WPF. ...
Hi all, I'm working with a new WPF project in .NET 4.0 using the Expression 4 beta, but when opening up a project that originated in the VS designer Expression is throwing all sorts of exceptions. It seems to happen as a reaction to a variety of different actions--selecting a control, moving a control, basically any manipulation of the ...
I'm trying to center the text in a PassWord box: In Blend the Text properties for alignment are all disabled. Is there another way to do this? Thank you for your help. ...
I am a bit confused on how Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend 4 operate together. If I want to create a WPF application, should I start it in Expression Blend 4? If so, then how does Visual Studio 2010 natively open Expression Blend projects, or does it? Or should I start my application in Visual Studio 2010? If so, how do I open m...
I am a bit confused about the difference between Silverlight and Expression Blend. From my understanding, Silverlight is used to create a better interface, and Blend is used to create animations? Meaning you can use Silverlight without having to use Expression Blend (there is much demand for Silverlight developers, but I from what I know...
I need to create a fairly complicated layout for a widget in Expression Blend, with the visual design not yet set to stone, while having fairly refined functional wireframes. So I started to lay out the UI controls and choosing layout structures based on the wireframes, but as far as I have seen so far while experimenting, PSD files wil...
Hey guys, I put the following (via Expression Blend 4) in my XAML file: <i:Interaction.Triggers> <ei:DataStoreChangedTrigger Binding="{Binding StatusMessage}"> <ei:ControlStoryboardAction/> </ei:DataStoreChangedTrigger> </i:Interaction.Triggers> When building the project, Expression Blend throws following error: The tag...
weWithin our development environment we have VS2010 installed on my computer along with Expresison blend and silverlight4 tools. We have a separate build box where we compile and build the entire project. When running through the precompile I am receiving errors that references to the expression blend namespaces cannot be found. I assum...
I have Blend 4 installed and noticed that it didnt include a GoToNextState or GoToPrevState behaviour by default. I have been given a DLL called GotoStateActions, but i dont know what to do with it. This should include the missing states, but how do i 'install' them? ...
Previously all application level resources in a project I am authoring were stored in App.xaml. Then i decided to migrate from VS 2008 to 2010 and that is where the trouble started. After migrating, I tried to do a little testing using a testing window instead of the normal startup window. After changing the startup object, suddenly I...
Good Day everyone!! One question.. or two.. Is it possible to use Expression Blend 4 and Visual Studio 2008??? if it is... how?? I did this: Install VS2008 Install Expression 4 Install VS2008 SP1 Install Silverlight 3 Tools Remove Silverlight 4 registry key Install Silverlight 3 Developer (Silverlight_Developer.exe, to enable Silver...