Why do I get "The property 'Pages' does not have an accessible setter" for a simple in Expression Blend 4?

Question

I have a XAML file which I have pared down to find the cause of this issue to the following minimal case:

<FixedDocument
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" >

    <PageContent>

    </PageContent>
</FixedDocument>

It opens fine in a KAXAML, but when I open the same file in Expression Blend 4, I get the following 2 errors at the <PageContent> tag:

The property 'Pages' does not have an accessible setter
The specified value cannot be assigned. The following type was expected: 'PageContentCollection'.

There is no CodeBehind. The only interesting thing is that this file exists in a Winforms project, and I have applied the following hack: http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/blend/thread/c726522f-c721-42a7-8bf1-c73360edaa60 - but the problem also happens with the file in a straight WPF project.

Does anyone know why, and have a fix for this?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

7

This bug is as old as time and it doesn't appear it will be fixed any time soon:

Confirmed still to exist for both VS2010 and Expression Blend 4.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

Community

answered May 10 '11 at 03:54

Rick Sladkey

Thank you. Sadly, none of my searches found those; perhaps the wording of this question will help others on the trail. – whybird May 10 '11 at 04:12
2

Unfortunately still broken in 2013 as well. – mageos May 14 '15 at 14:19
6

VS 2015 - still the same. A shame. – Aleksey Shubin Sep 16 '15 at 14:00
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VS 2017: yep, still there. Surely this is just getting embarrassing by now. – whybird Aug 07 '17 at 05:17
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VS 2019: Still there. Ridiculous. – runemoennike Mar 11 '20 at 09:54
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VS 2022 Still there. – PWCoder Mar 07 '22 at 23:09

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