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Expression Blend can not open XAML

i installed Silverlight sdk RTW,

now i am opening xaml from visual studio to Blend(june preview)

its giving me error :Belnd can not continue because a compatible Silverlight version not found

please give me sol

Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

Hey Is SIlverlight 2 there?

Anyways try Blend 2.0 sp1 to open you xaml

(Please 'Mark as Answer' if it helps you)

Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

keep following my other post;

http://silverlight.net/forums/p/37127/108669.aspx

we may get answer from there :)

Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

i have the same problem. before silverlight rtw comes out, i used sl2beta2. then i installed the new one and all other tools including blend 2 trial and sp1. after that i create a new sl2-project in vs2008 and right clicked on the page.xaml to open in expression blend. but blend don't open it. instead of that i get the message "blend cannot continue because a compatible silverlight version could not be found".

can someone help?

ok i've found the solution: i've installed Service Pack 1 Preview and not Service Pack 1... that's the problem when both installer have the same file name and you think that you've installed the right one.

Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

Hi,

Before you installed the Silverlight, please make sure you have installed the Visual Studio 2008 SP1.

And then when you trying to install Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1, you need to uninstall the Microsoft Expression Blend firstly, and then re-install the Microsoft Blend.

Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

Hi - same error here I'm afraid - "blend cannot continue because a compatible silverlight version could not be found"

I have installed VS SP1, the latest Silverlight_Tools.exe, then Blend 2, then Blend 2 SP1

Here's what I have installed - any ideas? Thanks!

Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

Hi,

Thanks for the psicture.

From the picture we can see, you have installed Microsoft silverlight 2 SDK and Microsoft Silverlight tool for visual studio 2008 sp1.

But you missed to install the Silverlight runtime, you can download and install from the sliverlight site's home Page, and try to see the error mesage still appear. http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/

Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

Thanks for the reply, still no luck though,

this is now installed:

but still getting this:

Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

Yes, It is so weird.

But from the above picture we can see, the size of the silverlight that you installed is only 14.8Mb, but the size is 21.4MB on my PC.

It seems you did you install it completely.

Re: Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

I installed it from the link you supplied - shall I remove it and reinstall? I can see silverlight pages such as http://silverlight.net/Showcase/ without a problem

My right click on silverlight > config gives me this:

thanks again!

Re: Re: Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

uninstalled and reinstalled. now its down to 11.78Mb - even though it says it has installed correctly and silverlight works fine in my browser!

Re: Re: Re: Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

Well after two days of downloading, installing, uninstalling and re-installing, it suddenly works.

For future reference, you just have to uninstall, download and reinstall these five times:

I think it's mainly because I uninstalled everything remotely connected to silverlight and blend, and installed the release from the silverlight TAP program - hope thats of use to someone.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

I had the same problem on two separate computers.

The issue is actaully with Blend 2 SP1 - the new version of the file is BlendV2SP1_en.exe with the size of 18,228 KB this one works!

The old version of the file also named BlendV2SP1_en.exe has a size of 18,241 KB does NOT work. Microsoft updated this Service Pack somewhere between Oct 16, 2008 in morning and Oct 17 in the morning.

Andy

Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

Thanks Andy. That solved my problem and I appreciate your clarifying this issue.

Re: Re: Expression Blend can not open XAML

Update Your Blend Version 2.1.1693 to 2.1.1760.0