Working with Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" and Expression Blend
If you are working with a CTP or Beta of Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas”, you will notice that projects and solutions that are created or edited in Visual Studio Orcas cannot be successfully reloaded inside Expression Blend.
To make it easier to work around this issue, we are making available a utility tool that you can use to configure Expression Blend for Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas”. This tool can also be used with the Expression Blend 2 May Preview.
a) Download and unzip the attachment – BlendConfigurator.zip
b) Run the executable – BlendConfigurator.exe
c) Accept the EULA.
d) Choose the installed location of the version of “Blend.exe” that you want to configure. For example, if you are trying to configure the Blend 2 May Preview, you will find it in the (ProgramFiles)\Microsoft Expression\Blend 1.1 folder.
e) Click on the “Visual Studio Code Name ‘Orcas’” button to configure Expression Blend for Visual Studio “Orcas”.
Please note that uninstalling Orcas after configuring Blend for Orcas will result in Blend not working unless reconfigured for Visual Studio 2005 using this tool.
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Anonymous
June 03, 2007
I have been trying to get back into developing more stuff at home ( MobileBlogPoster will live again,Anonymous
June 05, 2007
We're working on a Silverlight project, and have run into problems with Blend and Orcas steppingAnonymous
June 06, 2007
Thanks to everyone who attended. Links to download my code & deck are here . The tool to help configureAnonymous
June 20, 2007
Se state lavorando su un progetto WPF con Visual Studio 2008 "Orcas" CTP o Beta e provate ad aprire,Anonymous
June 20, 2007
Since installing Orcas on my pc, I have discovered that blend can't read projects opened and convertedAnonymous
July 03, 2007
Korábban már foglalkoztunk a hibával, miszerint A Microsoft Expression Blend és Visual Studio CodenameAnonymous
July 12, 2007
I've been trying too fool around with Blend and Orcas lately and found some issues with opening projectsAnonymous
August 31, 2007
I've been trying too fool around with Blend and Orcas lately and found some issues with opening projectsAnonymous
September 17, 2007
Microsoft Expression Blend ConfiguratorAnonymous
October 05, 2007
Here's a quick tip for those, wanting to use Visual Studio 2008 (Beta 2) with Expression Blend (1). TheAnonymous
November 23, 2007
...that was indeed a pretty quick tip Andrej :)Anonymous
December 05, 2007
Hello, In the MSDN Newsgroups, I have been redirected for this tool to solve my problem: I have Microsoft Expression Blend Version 1.0.1083.0 and the new release Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite from MSDN Subscribers. I wanted to try out Microsoft Expression Blend. I said open Project, selected the WPF Project which I created in VS2008 and I get the following error: "File format version is not recognized. MSBuild can only read solution files between versions 7.0 and 9.0, inclusive." I tried this tool and I get the following error: http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/4521/orcasblendnullqx9.jpg What shall I do now? ThanksAnonymous
June 07, 2008
Como puedo llevar los diseños en Expressión Blend a visual estudio 2008??? Cualquier aporte sera de gran alluda.Anonymous
June 28, 2008
We're working on a Silverlight project, and have run into problems with Blend and Orcas stepping all over the project file. To help solve this problem, the Microsoft Expression Team has released this utility . It's a quick configuration to getAnonymous
December 16, 2008
I've been trying too fool around with Blend and Orcas lately and found some issues with opening projectsAnonymous
January 05, 2009
I've been trying too fool around with Blend and Orcas lately and found some issues with opening projectsAnonymous
January 06, 2009
I've been trying too fool around with Blend and Orcas lately and found some issues with opening projects
