Questions tagged [design-time-data]
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DesignInstance not working in VS2012
I just spent several hours on an issue when using VS2012, WPF 4.5 and design-time data, specifically the DesignInstance attribute.
Goal: I wanted to have design-time data support in my WPF project (MVVM-based), both in VS2012 and Blend, and I could…

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UWP X:Bind and Design Time Data
is it possible to use x:bind and design time data in uwp apps?
e.g if I had a textbox that used x:bind to bind to a property on viewmodel in the code behind, should that property's value appear in the textbox in the designer?
is there a way of…

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How to have design time support for nested view models in Caliburn Micro?
Using VS2013 and Caliburn.Micro 2.0.2
Given this example of:
a shell view model that has a nested view model property, and
both the shell and nested view models having a Name property:
It seems that during design time the nested view model…

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Design Time Data From External XML Files
Does Visual Studio 2010 Visual Designer allow loading of data via external XML files during design time?
It appears that I can add it via d:DataContext, but I have a lot of data and it is easier to load it via XML. So is this possible?

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Designing in MAUI - Design-time BindingContext
In WPF, I used the normal combination of:
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
d:DataContext="{d:DesignData...}"
To allow a design-time DataContext to be…

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Visual Studio 2013 design-time xml data isn't displayed
This exact same code displays correctly in the Visual Studio 2010 WPF designer but it doesn't work in the VS 2013 designer.

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UserControl with Design Time Data, but data not rendered when control used
Hi I have a simple user control with some Blend generated design time data:

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Using an F# ViewModel as designinstance in blend
I have some viewmodels that I've created in F# and would like to use them for designtime data within Blend but I can't figure out how to get this to work.
I have a simple xaml file with some bindings setup as follows:

Andy B
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Passing an object to a collection editor
I'm trying to build a check list for a ToolStripMenuItem that automatically handles the checking and unchecking of an item and then I provide an event to the programmer allowing them to handle what happens next. If something like this already…

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DesignInstance working in VS2010, but not in Blend5
I cannot get Blend(v5) to work correctly with my DesignInstance.
I have a simple project with..
MainPage.xaml

Sam
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Problem with design time data in WPF
Hi I try use my first design time data in wpf. I use tutorial from:…
user572844
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Catel PersonApplication example
Currently studying Catel.
In the PersonApplication of the Catel.Examples - specifically, the PersonWindow.xaml: the design time data is not being shown within the Visual Studio Designer.
In the code of the PersonViewModel, the public properties are…

Wayne McKittrick
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Asynchronous MVVM and design-time data
Today, I tried to implement View-Model asynchronously. I found this article. In that moment I thought that it is not so easy I imagined...
I understand why it works. But unfortunately, it is impossible to use this code when I want to mock my…

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Dispose for objects created by d:DesignInstance
Is there any way to dispose of objects that were created by the following markup...

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Custom Winforms ComboBox, hardcoded items also get added via Design tool
Greetings Overflow users,
I created a series of custom ComboBox controls, that should have hardcoded items at all times. The custom controls also have a GetEnum property, to return an Enum equivalent of the selected item.
The simple example of…

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