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silverlight preview read only(?) on VS 2008


i´m having som trouble with the silverlight XAML preview on my visual studio 2008. I cant drag and drop any control, but when I make changes to the XAML code, I can see the changes relflected as you can expect. It seems that the preview is read only or something like that.

Can Someone tell me if there is a known issue with this?.

These are the versions of what i got installed:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Version 9.0.30729.1 SP Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.5 SP1

Installed Edition: Professional

Microsoft Silverlight Projects 2008 91605-270-1850275-60788 Microsoft Silverlight Projects 2008 Version 9.0.30729.146


Solution

  • I believe Visual Studio 2008 only allows preview mode with Silverlight. VS 2010 provides the full designer. You could use Expression Blend or get Visual Studio 2010 Express.