So I've installed VS 2008, and all the stuff required to check out the Silverlight platform on a fresh new Virtual PC dedicated to do nothing else!
Here's all the stuff installed:
- Release version of Visual Studio 2008
- Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0BAE58E-9C0B-4090-A1DB-F134D9F095FD&displaylang=en
- Expression Blend, Expression Web
- Blend 2 December Preview, Blend 2.5 March 08 Preview, ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 from Microsoft Downloads
I've already read BradleyB's blog posts at http://weblogs.asp.net/bradleyb/archive/2008/03/06/installation-tips-for-sivliverlight-tools-beta-1-for-visual-studio-2008.aspx, and have followed all the instructions therein!
My System Setup after all the jazz installed is:
Fired up VS and created a new Silverlight project, and expected to be able to write the canonical Hello World...and this is what I got:
Fine - this might be some general first-boot problem. If you try to "Reload the designer", as suggested, I get:
Hmm...looks like it either really can't find the control, or there's some weirdness with Visual Studio acting as a Silverlight host!
Rooted around the Registry looking for the CLSID in question, and sure enough, it refers to AgControl.AgControl1 - the Silverlight control. Now, if I remember correctly, an HRESULT of 0x8007007e generally indicates "File Not Found". The InprocServer for this control points to the Silverlight installation directory, and to a valid DLL. What gives?
I've hunted all over the web for anyone reporting this weirdness, without success. I've re-installed everything on a clean VM with only the stock Visual Studio 2008 as a starting point.
Next attempt will be to try with Visual Studio 2005 and Silverlight!
Bummer...I was really looking forward to using Linq and all...
Finally, anyone who has a clue about what may help can mail me at john.azariah-at-gmail.com! Thanks
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