[This topic is pre-release documentation and is subject to change in future releases of Microsoft Silverlight.]
The Silverlight Preview Window
Introduction
The Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008 includes support for creating applications in Silverlight version 2 Beta 2. The Silverlight Preview Window in Visual Studio 2008 has features that are a subset of the features in the WPF Designer.
Supported Features
The following table lists the features that are supported in the Silverlight Preview Window for Silverlight 2 Beta 2 projects.
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Feature
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Notes
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Full XAML editing is supported.
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IntelliSense and XAML formatting is the same as in the WPF Designer's XAML editor, except that Silverlight 2 Beta 2 types are targeted instead of WPF types.
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Preview window displays a read-only WYSIWYG visual preview.
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Allows the developer to preview work before running it. Preview window supports zoom and pan.
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Split view with Preview window and XAML view is supported.
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Silverlight 2 Beta 2 controls and corresponding icons are displayed in the Toolbox.
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Silverlight 2 Beta 2 controls are displayed alphabetically in a tab on the Toolbox.
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The Toolbox with drag-and-drop support for XAML view is supported.
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Useful for adding Silverlight 2 Beta 2 controls from non-default XML namespaces. When a control is added, a reference and the XML namespace are added automatically.
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The Document Outline window and tag navigator are available when editing XAML.
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Navigation features for interacting with the code are supported.
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Auto-update between XAML view and other WPF Designer components is supported.
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Errors are reported in the Error List window.
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XAML with errors causes the Last Known Good view to be displayed until valid XAML is entered.
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Unsupported Features
The following table lists the features that are not supported in the Silverlight Designer Preview for Silverlight 2 Beta 2 projects.
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Feature
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Notes
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Modifications in Preview window are not supported.
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Selecting controls, moving controls, adding items from the Toolbox, and other Preview window features are not supported.
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The Properties window is not supported.
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Globalization features are not supported.
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Automatic resource reloading is not supported.
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Changes to resources that are contained in other files require a rebuild before they are visible in the loaded XAML.
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