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The Project panel in Microsoft Expression Blend 2 helps you do the following tasks:
View all files associated with the currently open project.
Link to data sources (when you are working in a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) or Silverlight 2 project).
For information about how to work with the Project panel, see the topics under Managing your projects and files.
The Project panel in a WPF project
The Project panel as it appears when you view a WPF project in Expression Blend 2
Files
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Project references such as DLLs |
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Resource dictionaries |
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A linked-to item, meaning that the item does not exist in the project folder |
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Local item—in this case a 3D object |
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Code-behind file |
Data
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The Data panel is not available in Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 projects. Data sources are configured programmatically in code-behind files. For more information, see the Silverlight learning page.
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Data source options |
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List of data sources |
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The Project panel in a Silverlight 1 project
Note
The Project panel shows different files depending on whether you open a WPF, Silverlight 1.0, or Silverlight 2 project that was created by Expression Blend 2, a site that was generated by Microsoft Expression Encoder 2 or modified by Microsoft Expression Web 2, or a site that was created by Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.
The Project panel as it appears when viewing the Silverlight 1-based project for the ButtonGallery sample in Expression Blend 2
Files
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A JavaScript class file that can be instantiated in a code-behind file. |
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Folders to hold assets such as sound files or images created in Microsoft Expression Design 2. |
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A web page with an accompanying JavaScript code-behind file to instantiate a Silverlight object and call your startup XAML page. |
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A XAML page with an accompanying JavaScript code-behind file. You can visually design the XAML page in Expression Blend 2 in Design view. |
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The JavaScript file that must be included in every Silverlight 1.0 site that incorporates Silverlight 1.0 objects. We recommend that you do not modify this helper file. |
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An ASP.NET configuration file. |
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