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Microsoft Expression Blend is a user interface design tool developed and sold by Microsoft for creating graphical interfaces for web and desktop applications that blend the features of these two types of applications. Expression Blend 4 is the fourth version of Expression Blend released in May 2010, it adds support for Silverlight 4 and WPF 4 while also remaining compatible with Silverlight 3 and WPF 3.5 SP1 applications.

Microsoft Expression Blend is a user interface design tool developed and sold by Microsoft for creating graphical interfaces for web and desktop applications that blend the features of these two types of applications. Expression Blend 4 is the fourth version of Expression Blend released in May 2010, it adds support for Silverlight 4 and WPF 4 while also remaining compatible with Silverlight 3 and WPF 3.5 SP1 applications.

It also has many improvements over the previous versions such as shapes library, improved Photoshop file support, added pixel shader effects, path layout, transition effects, ListBox item transitions, Model-View-ViewModel pattern support, additional Behaviors, conditional Behaviors, sample data from CLR classes, design time resource resolution, easing functions for WPF 4, cleaner XAML, and .ZIP support for projects and templates.

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Expression Blend: Getting error "XXX" does not exist in the namespace "XXX", but not in VS2008

I am trying to use Blend 3.0 to edit a project that contains some WPF controls. This project already compiles and runs fine from Visual Studio 2008. In Blend however, I'm getting mysterious errors that make no sense: For example, I have a class that…
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The specified solution configuration "Debug|BNB" is invalid

In Expression Blend 4, while compiling I get an error saying The specified solution configuration “Debug|BNB” is invalid. Please specify a valid solution configuration using the Configuration and Platform properties (e.g. MSBuild.exe Solution.sln…
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Visual Studio 2010 WPF Project ran in debug or release will not allow drag and drop to any control

I had started a question here: WPF drag and drop files onto TreeView from windows explorer but I just discovered this is a totally different problem that what I thought it was. I have an extremely simple test case. I was using a treeview but if I…
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Property not recognized or not accessible error when loading VS2010 project into Expression Blend

I have a project in VS2010 that uses XAML and now I need to load it into Expression Blend 4. The project builds and runs in VS2010 and this is the first time it has been loaded into Blend. It DOES build and run in Blend even though the members are…
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error RG1000: Unknown build error

C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Silverlight for Phone\v4.0\Microsoft.Silverlight.Common.targets(625,5): error RG1000: Unknown build error, 'An item with the same key has already been added.' Done building project "FileName.csproj" --…
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How to reuse icons (xaml-paths) in a large project?

I am part of the development of a larger-scale Silverlight 4 project, where we will have a set of symbols that should be used across different parts of the GUI (see the example below). These icons are made from multiple paths directly in Blend, and…
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Trouble when trying to open WPF project in Expression-Blend 4, which was created in Visual Studio 2010

I'm create my WPF project in VS 2010. After I finished my work with functional GUI, I wanted to edit template of my controls in Blend 4. But when I open project in Blend, in DesignMode, he tell me Invalid XAML In Result window he…
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How can I use Blend or VS Designer to Edit Default Style Template for WPF PropertyGrid

I am using the Extended WPF Toolkit Community Edition v2.6 from NuGet in my project, but I don't know if there is something more I should be doing to allow me to theme or customize a control template. After asking Designer/Blend to create a Copy of…
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How Expression Blend add reference to external resource dictionary defined in third party library theme

I'm trying to add reference to resource library defined in another project (e.g Elysium) and use it in expression blend. Here's how i merge the resource dictionary in my App.Xaml file. …
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How to display Image with design-time Source in Expression Blend

I have an Image down some controls in a XAML visual tree. I would like to display a design-time image, so that I can check layout, dimensions, etc. Something equivalent to this:
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How to resolve Design Time Static Resources in Embedded UserControls in Blend 4

The Short Version How do you handle static resource look ups in UserControls that get embedded into other windows/user/custom controls? So that Blend 4 might render it properly @ design time something Visual Studio already does for you. The Long…
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Can use Blend SDK classes in code but not XAML (Prism Desktop)

I'm trying to use a CallMethodAction bound to a control in a WPF Window, using the method from the Prism library samples and documentation. For some reason, the XAML compiler refuses to acknowldge that the Microsoft.Expression.Interactivity.Core…
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Blend 4 - Regenerate 'Create Sample Data from Class' when class changes

Using Blend 4 I know how to generate sample data using the 'Create Sample Data from Class...' option in the Data tab. This creates a .xaml file in a SampleData folder that I can use to populate my UI in design time. My question is how do I…
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What can I do to make my sub-derived custom control appear in the Blend Assets library?

I am creating a series of window mockup templates based on the excellent Mockups library available on CodePlex. I'm using their BaseMockup as the base for my control as well, and I followed the same outline of the steps listed here for sub-deriving…
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