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Visual Studio 17.6.0 does not display the designer surface when using DevExpress components

created 2 years ago

The Show Designer action (Shift+F7) does not change the view and only markup part is displayed:

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Dima (DevExpress Support) 2 years ago

    Hello,

    It turns out that Visual Studio opens .xaml files in the XML file editor. You can use context menu as a workaround:

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    Boris Petrovic 2 years ago

      Hi Dima,
      This leads to the initial issue I reported, having this error as a result:

      Clipboard-File-1.png

      I will repeat it here as well - it does not happen with xaml without DevExpress controls in it.
      My environment is VS 2022 v17.6.0 and DevExpress 22.2.6.

      Please consider this ticket to be urgent, as our development process is significantly slower without being able to use the designer.

      SS SS
      Stefan Schwarz 2 years ago

        It looks like, that only when the root element is a DevExpress control, the XAML Designer doesn't works as expected. If any child elements are DevExpress controls, everything works well.

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        Answers approved by DevExpress Support

        created 2 years ago

        Hello,

        We managed to reproduce the issue with the designer without our controls. Any custom Window descendant shows the same result.

        We recommend contacting Microsoft support to resolve this issue.

        Boris, let's continue our discussion about this exception in your original ticket.

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