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QuestionResourceDictionary not editable in blend suddenly, though xaml looks OK

  • Tuesday, November 03, 2009 9:14 PMPurkiss Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    I have a resource dictionary that i have been populating with drawing brushes.  Suddenly, while it is still in my projects folder, the typical blend icon for a xaml page for this resource dictionary is now a white piece of paper, and blend will not open it.  If I use a xaml editor like kaxaml, the collection looks fine--standard resource dictionary full of elements each assigned an x:key.  I'm truly lost as to why blend will not render the resource dictionary;  it does not show up under resources either.  It is as if blend doesn't recognize it as a valid xaml page, though looking at it with kaxaml seems to show the RD is just fine.  Not to mention, if the xaml has mistakes, blend will still open the xaml and allow you to edit--but blend won't open this file at all.

    Has anyone run into this?
    Purkiss

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  • Tuesday, November 03, 2009 9:54 PMUnni Ravindranathan - MSFT Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    Make sure that the project file contains the right entry for including the ResourceDictionary - it should look something like

    <Page Include="MyResourceDictionary.xaml" />
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