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WYSIWYG designer view removed from Silverlight 3 RTW???

Answered WYSIWYG designer view removed from Silverlight 3 RTW???

  • Thursday, July 09, 2009 6:44 PM
     
     
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    Why was the Visual Studio 2008 designer removed from the 3 RTW???  Come on, it worked "ok" in 3 beta....

     

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  • Thursday, July 09, 2009 6:53 PM
     
     
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    Seems like a lot of people have problem with this.  In my case it has nothing to do with SL3 RTW.  It happened a month ago, when I uninstalled VS2008, installed VS2010, uninstalled VS2010, installed VS2008.  In the process WYSIWYG was gone.  I think it has something to do with incorrect install/uninstall of the SL3 tools.  In my case, I just use VWD 2008 Express which still works...

     
  • Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:45 PM
     
     
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    It's just collapsed but it's there

     

    Cheers

     
  • Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:50 PM
     
     
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    rdiazconcha, its not there... and its not collapsed...

     
  • Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:01 PM
     
     
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     Are we talking about the same designer?

    Take a look:

     http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2623/3705417493_42c245caee_b.jpg

     
  • Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:06 PM
     
     
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    this is mine

     
  • Friday, July 10, 2009 2:38 AM
     
     
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    I have the exact same problem as you. Also notice how the Document Outline icon is overlapping the XAML tab at the bottom. As far as I can tell, this is a bug? Kind makes you think maybe Microsoft should have released an RC before going to RTW doesn't it?

     Another issue that I'm having is with the documentation. The documentation for System.Windows.Controls.DataGrid is missing. There may be more missing, but, I know that's missing for sure. When I first loaded the docs it did an update which took a few minutes.

     
  • Friday, July 10, 2009 3:55 AM
     
     
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    I just found the following text in the release notes. I downloaded the Tools before that page was updated. Got a little too gung ho there. Looks like this is by design. Pretty annoying.

     

    Design Preview Disabled in Silverlight 3 Tools

    Due to performance and rendering issues, the preview window has been disabled in the Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008. The functionality of the XAML editor remains intact, including IntelliSense, error messages, and the ability to drag controls from the Toolbox into the editor. WYSIWYG XAML design can be done by using Expression Blend or Visual Studio 2010.

     
  • Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:28 PM
     
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    Here is a simple post on how to enable it Smile

     
  • Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:52 PM
     
     
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    I thought Microsoft had a policy against putting easter eggs in their products.Indifferent

     
  • Monday, July 20, 2009 6:41 AM
     
     
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    You can enable it by following this link

    http://weblogs.asp.net/hpreishuber/archive/2009/07/18/silverlight-3-visual-studio-2008-designer-preview.aspx

    But

    1.You cannot swap the windows, designer at the top

    2.The previewer closes once you close the file

     

    Thanks