Expression Blend: No Design, Xaml only

Question

Hi,

I have a SL5 project that I can open in blend4 but that is pretty much where it stops.

I cannot switch to design nor split view.

I have tried adding the line:

<ProjectTypeGuids>{60dc8134-eba5-43b8-bcc9-bb4bc16c2548};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>

to the .csproj

but to no avail.

Please help!

Kind regards.

FC Malan

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FC Malan

Answer 1

Hi FC Malan,

Are you using the Blend Preview for Silverlight 5?  If not, please install the preview and use it to edit your SL5 project.  The Blend Preview for SL5 includes a go-live license and is appropriate for production work.

We also recently released the Blend + SketchFlow Preview for Visual Studio 2012.  It is intended for evaluation and feedback only, and does not include a go-live license.

Blend Preview for Silverlight 5 (production work): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=9503

Blend + SketchFlow Preview for VS 2012 (evaluation only): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30702

Thanks,

Lori

Answer 2

To add to what Lori said, Blend 4 does not support SL5, which is why you can't open the design surface. You need to use one of the tools mentioned above or VS.

Answer 3

Thank you for the quick responses.

I will download blend 5 preview. I really appreciate the help.

Thanks

FC Malan

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FC Malan

Answer 4

Lori,

Can you explain what a lack of a 'go-live license' means?  Does that mean that the product cannot be used on production code, both to edit and to compile?