Questions tagged [expression-blend-4]

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. Expression Blend 4 is the fourth version of Expression Blend released in May 2010, it adds support for Silverlight 4 and WPF 4 while also remaining compatible with Silverlight 3 and WPF 3.5 SP1 applications.

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. Expression Blend 4 is the fourth version of Expression Blend released in May 2010, it adds support for Silverlight 4 and WPF 4 while also remaining compatible with Silverlight 3 and WPF 3.5 SP1 applications.

It also has many improvements over the previous versions such as shapes library, improved Photoshop file support, added pixel shader effects, path layout, transition effects, ListBox item transitions, Model-View-ViewModel pattern support, additional Behaviors, conditional Behaviors, sample data from CLR classes, design time resource resolution, easing functions for WPF 4, cleaner XAML, and .ZIP support for projects and templates.

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Is it possible to add a stroke to a TextBlock

I've been searching around and haven't found an answer on how to do this. Is there any way to add a stroke to TextBlock in Expression Blend 4.0? I have to mimic text that was originally done in Flash and the text has to be changed dynamically so I…
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WPF app - GUI first?

I want to build a management system using Windows Presentation Foundation. I know there's Expression Blend for Graphics design and VS for C# code. my question is, should i build all UI first using Blend (Buttons, Windows, other elements) and then…
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async keyword not recognized in Blend

I am new to Windows 8 app development and C# and I am stuck on something rather trivial and hence frustrating. private async void OnSuspending(object sender, SuspendingEventArgs e) { var deferral = e.SuspendingOperation.GetDeferral(); …
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Why is a project created in VS2012 not editable in Blend4 + SketchFlow

I created a project/solution in VS 2012. I open the same solution in Blend but it doesn't allow me to edit it in the designer - I only can edit the XAML directly. I'm lost. What's going on? EDIT: I read somewhere that Blend requires "Any CPU" - I…
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WPF application lost touch capabilities

I'm developing a WPF application with VB2010 and expression blend4. This application is mainly intended to be used through touch user input. I don't know when and why but all UI_ELEMENTs have lost default touch responsiveness, for example the button…
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Getting a user variable, setting it's value, and displaying it on another screen

I am new to WPF, C# and xaml. I'd describe my knowledge as poor, but growing. I have a very simple application. What I am trying to accomplish is the following: I have a textbox, and I'm asking the user of the application to enter an email address.…
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No new project type in expression blend

I am new in expression blend. When I try to create a project in expression blend, it only listing windows phone project. But I want to create WPF project. How can I install other project types in expression blend. I want WPF and Silverlight project…
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Expression Blend-Api (Blend 4) vs. Visual Studio 2012

I have a project that defines a Blend behavior. The Blend SDK used to create this behavior is Version 4. In Visual Studio 2010 I can work with this with no trouble at all. In VS 2012, the WPF Designer seems to have issues with the…
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The Behavior "EventToCommand" of Blend4

I have already installed Blend4.Yesterday i installed the mvvmlight.But I haven't found my Blend4 have the behavior "EventToCommand".It's very important for my project.So how to solve it?
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Using Expression Blend 4 with Visual Studio2010 for debugging

I'm doing my views implementation in Blend 4 and I want to debug my code in Visual Studio 2010. After start my project from Blend I attach the VS debugger to it. The debugging works fine. The next time I want to debug again (after some…
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Remove projects from solutions in Expression Blend 4?

Good evening, I have a problem with my Expression Blend 4. I would like to remove a project from my solution but I do not know how to do this. I decided to simply remove the project's directory but now there is an unsupported project in my solution…
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Issue to import Adobe photoshop file in Expression Blend 4

I tried to import Adobe photoshop file in Expression Blend 4.But Layer effects(Gradient Overlay,Stroke,etc) are ignored. What should i do to import the Adobe photoshop file without ignoring layer effects.
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Blend 4 Passing Data Context with Navigate To

I have a list of customers with various pieces of information. I have a list box with their names. When I select an entry I see more information about the customer on the screen. I want to "Navigate To" another screen when clicking on the user's…
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Expression Blend: Dragging controls from toolbox

I am following some tutorials with expression blend and many of them are tell me to drag a TextBlock from the toolbox. Sure enough I see it, if I long click on it it displays for additional controls. So if I click it and drag it it should work but…
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Proper way of building application bar in WP7

I'am doing localized application in WP7 so I make my app bar in code. The problem appears when I have some form (registration, login etc.). In Blend everything looks all right, but when I emulate it on device my gird with textboxes, textblocks is…
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