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Microsoft Blend for Visual Studio (formerly 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.

Microsoft Blend for Visual Studio (formerly 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. It is an interactive, WYSIWYG front-end for designing XAML-based interfaces for Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight applications. It was one of the applications in the Microsoft Expression Studio suite before that suite was discontinued.

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Font Manager missing in Blend for Visual Studio 2015?

I'm trying to use a custom font (Roboto by Google) in a clients Windows Phone 8.1 (WinRT, not Silverlight) app. Following this tutorial I have included the .ttf and set the "Build Action" to "Content" - unfortunately, this does not work. This answer…
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UnresolvedAssemblyException in Blend for VS design view ONLY - works fine in VS design view

.NET Framework: 4.5.1 I'm getting a curious error in Blend for visual studio 2015 which I cannot find the source of. If I open my WPF solution in VS, it loads and runs fine. The design view also works. However, if I open my WPF solution in Blend,…
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WPF - ContentPresenter does not bind to UserControl Content

Ok, so I'm relatively new to WPF and I'm having a bit of a problem with my usercontrol which contains a custom button. Everything was working fine until I tried binding the content of the custom button to the usercontrol content. UserControl…
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Windows Universal App Shared Library Code doesn't get referenced properly in XAML of platform specific projects

I'm having an issue with a Universal Windows App and viewing a UserControl in Design view and Blend. I have a BaseUserControl and some ValueConverters in the in the Shared Library. I reference the value converters in the App.xaml and the…
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Blend 4 Beta: How to change image source as part of Timeline

I'm trying out Blend 4 beta, and looking for a way to do a simple thing: When a mouse is hovered on an image, the image should change its source to a different image. When the MouseLeave happens, the image changes back. I know I can do it in…
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Using an F# ViewModel as designinstance in blend

I have some viewmodels that I've created in F# and would like to use them for designtime data within Blend but I can't figure out how to get this to work. I have a simple xaml file with some bindings setup as follows:
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How to remove opacity but keep the alpha channel of UIImage?

I have a layer where I want the user to draw a 'mask' for cutting out images. It is semi-opaque so that they can see beneath what they are selecting. How can I process this so that the drawing data has an alpha of 1.0, but retain the alpha channel…
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Adding lighting effect to clipped image in Javafx

I try to add emboss effect (also called bump mapped) to a complex clipped image. (Namly a puzzle piece.) This could be done by a per pixel operation, but it is very expensive: the exact form of the clipping is runtime determined, so even the bump…
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Invert a Clipping Path in Expression Blend

I want to be able to invert a clipping path. Rather than use the path to show parts of an object, I want to use the clipping path to hide (cut into) an object. Does anyone know if this is possible?
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Visual way to add DATATRIGGER in Expression Blend 2013

Which is the right procedure to attach a datatrigger to an UI element using expression blend 2013? If I write datatrigger directly in xaml it works good, but I want to know if is there a "visual way" to do that. For example, creating a listboxitem…
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How to make Project installation setup like VS 2012?

Today i installed vs 2012, I have seen the installations setup is very nice. Is any possibility to make Project installation setup like VS 2012?
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How to blend two SDL2 textures to one texture?

SDL_RenderClear(g_ren); SDL_Texture *tex_bk = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(g_ren, bk); SDL_Texture *tex_des = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(g_ren, widget); SDL_RenderCopy(g_ren, tex_bk, NULL,…
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Set "opacity" of a CGLayer before draw?

I have UIView subclass - actually a puzzle piece - with 2 different CGLayer initialized at initWithFrame. In drawRect I have to blend this two layer, and the uppermost should have variable alpha depending on game-logic. What is the best (most…
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in XAML whats the opposite of d: (design time)

I really like the d:XYZ method for marking certain properties design time, such that they appear in Blend but not when my program is running for real whats the opposite of d:? my goal is to have two different behaviors, one in design mode and…
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Why doesn't Blend 2012 allow me to create non-Windows store projects?

I also can't view the designer. It only shows me the the XAML with existing projects. Any ideas on how to fix this?
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