Hi,

Strange that the DataGrid is not on the Blend 2.5 toolbox, but only in VS2008 !?

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Pluginbaby:

Strange that the DataGrid is not on the Blend 2.5 toolbox, but only in VS2008 !?

I also notice about that. maybe, I think DataGrid maybe under different namespace or something.

The following codes are from VS. You see the differences.

Page.xaml without DataGrid

<UserControl x:Class="SilverlightApplication1.Page"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Width="400" Height="300">
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<Button></Button>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

Page.xaml with DataGrid

<UserControl xmlns:my="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Data"  x:Class="SilverlightApplication1.Page"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Width="400" Height="300">
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<my:DataGrid></my:DataGrid>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

I think that we might need some dll references or something in order to use datagird. So, Blend can't support for that or maybe, we might need to add something.
 

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Here is one solution that I found.

1. Add "System.Windows.Controls.Data.dll" as a reference to Blend.

2. Add this xmlns:my="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Data" in <UserControl

3. then, you can use like that  <my:DataGrid></my:DataGrid>

You want to see DataGrid in Toolbox, right?  

- Click on "Asset Library"  (the bottom of toolbox)

- Check "Show All" checked box  ( Yay! You will see DataGrid so choose it to add on toolbox) :)

Hope it helps.  

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Hi there,

I created a blog post on this...

http://marlongrech.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/how-can-i-get-the-datagrid-control-for-silverlight-2-beta-1-to-show-up-in-blend/

Regards 

Regards
Marlon Grech aka C# Disciple
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Yes...

That has been done here and here too.

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How to USE the DataGrid component in blend?

I can drop the DataGrid component in a page but how to manage columns, headers and so.

Regards. 

logicasw:

I can drop the DataGrid component in a page but how to manage columns, headers and so.

Regards. 

There are DataGridRow or DataGridCell or etc . you can add them on your toolbox.  

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logicasw:

How to USE the DataGrid component in blend?

I can drop the DataGrid component in a page but how to manage columns, headers and so.

Regards. 

Yes, this is quite surprising at the beginning...

You can have a look at this blog post:
http://blogs.msdn.com/scmorris/archive/2008/03/21/using-the-silverlight-datagrid.aspx

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