I find useful to attach to the blend process from VS and set some break points and step into.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Jordan Knight <[email protected]>wrote: > Nice one... > > > > Tips like this and lots more can be seen in this PDC video: Blend Tips & > Tricks -> http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC47/ > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *.net noobie > *Sent:* Tuesday, 10 February 2009 12:04 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Blend error > > > > one way to help work out blend errors is.... > > - open project in VS, then I open the project in Blend from Visual > studio (so project is open in both VS & Blend) > - next in VS click the "Debug" menu, and select the "Attach to > Process", select the "Blend.exe" and click "Attach" > - next in VS click the "Debug" menu again and select "Exceptions", tick > the "Common Language Runtime Exceptions" in the "Thrown" column > - next return to the Blend IDE and open your usercontrol/style what > ever is having the issue > > this does not always work but often will break in VS on the problem line > of code that is stopping the control/style whatever from displaying > correctly in blend > > > > > > Also, if you are making a control and in the OnApplyTemplate, Constructor > or Load events for example if there is a object trying to populate with an > instance of something that is null when you open in the blend IDE, but may > not be null when you actually run the project in the web browser you will > also get it crashing in Blend > > this can be trying to hook up events for a object as well, when in Blend > the object/control whatever is null so I generally wrap these in something > like below.... > > sometimes I also need to do this is other locations in the code, which > doing the Attach Process in Debug menu will often show me, but generally it > is only in the OnApplyTemplate, Constructor or Load methods > > > > > > public myControl() > > { > > DefaultStyleKey = typeof(myControl); > > > > if(HtmlPage.IsEnabled) > > { > > // Hook up events, populate objects etc here... > > } > > } > > > > > > These are the two ways I get my controls to display in Blend correctly, > > > > HtmlPage.IsEnabled = false you are in Blend, > > HtmlPage.IsEnabled = true you are running in the browser > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Stephen Price <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Help! > > > > Has anyone seen this error before? > > > > "The root type was not expected. The following type was expected: > "Application'." > > > > I've refactored some user controls into their own project/assembly (Created > the project as "Silverlight Class Library") and when I open one of the xaml > files in Blend it throws that error and won't show anything in design. Have > found one other person post this a year ago on the Silverlight forums with > no answer. > > > > I'm sure I've done this before without error. Any ideas? > > > > cheers, > > Stephen > ------------------------------ > > Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support > List address: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight > Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists > > > > > -- > net noobie™ > > ========================= > > What is the 'Clean Feed'? > > No!!! Forced Australian Federal Government Internet Censorship > > http://nocleanfeed.com/ > ------------------------------ > > Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support > List address: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight > Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists > ------------------------------ > Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support > List address: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight > Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists > -- Miguel A. Madero Reyes www.miguelmadero.com (blog) [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists
