Bing Maps WinRT BETA Crashing Blend?

Question

Hi there,

I'm creating a C#/XAML WinRT app, and it seems that once I've added in the Bing Maps library & C++ library and set everything up, I can no longer open up the project in Blend. It causes the designer surface to crash, and eventually the whole program. Same for opening up the samples.

Is this a known problem / are there any workarounds?

Thanks,

John.

Answer 1

Thanks for the bug report John. We're looking at it and will get back to you if we find a work around.

Answer 2

This appears to be a bug in Blend that slipped past testing. There is unfortunately not a workaround available short of not using the map via xaml and constructing it in code instead.

Answer 3

Thanks for the update >.< Unfortunately I can't get that far either - just having the libraries referenced in the project is enough to bring Blend down, even if I haven't used the library anywhere in my code or XAML yet. I guess I'll leave it out for now and come back to it sometime before Win8 ships.

Answer 4

Thanks for update :D