Add Design Document to Visual Studio .Net 2008

Question

How best to add a background design document created with Expression Design, and add it to an exisiting Visual Studio 2008 web application.  I want to add it as a Background Picture for an .aspx page, and .design extension does not seem to be recognized.

Thanks in advance!

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robert hellestrae

Answer 1

Hi rrobhelle,

no expert here but I would suggest you export as png or jpg and then add it to your resources.

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steve

Answer 2

Thanks Steve, and the Export option in Expression Design works well to transform xaml files to other formats.

Rob  

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robert hellestrae

Answer 3

 rrobhelle,

Barkest is correct. Background images for ASP.NET pages are the same format as those in HTML pages - GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, etc. The .design file format is only recognized by Expression Design.

Will Buffington
Microsoft Expression Support