Adding OutlookBar Item from XAML

[HDD]

We have the latest Silverlight 4 version of the RAD Controls. 

I am able to create the OutlookBarItems in code using this.outlookBar1.Items.Add(item),

But when I try to do this in Blend XAML, I get this weird error message (at the bottom) after adding more than a couple of items.

<telerikNavigation:RadOutlookBar x:Name="RadOutlookBar1" d:LayoutOverrides="HorizontalAlignment" Margin="0,72,0,0">

    <telerikNavigation:RadOutlookBarItem Header="Title 1">

       <Grid Background="Transparent" Height="220" VerticalAlignment="Top">

          <TextBlock Text="Title 1 Content"/>

       </Grid>

    </telerikNavigation:RadOutlookBarItem>

    <telerikNavigation:RadOutlookBarItem Header="Title 2" IsSelected="True">

       <Grid Background="Transparent" Height="220" VerticalAlignment="Top">

          <TextBlock Text="Title 2 Content"/>

       </Grid>

    </telerikNavigation:RadOutlookBarItem>

    <telerikNavigation:RadOutlookBarItem Header="Title 3">

       <Grid Background="Transparent" Height="220" VerticalAlignment="Top">

          <TextBlock Text="Title 3 Content"/>

       </Grid>

    </telerikNavigation:RadOutlookBarItem>

</telerikNavigation:RadOutlookBar>

Error Message:

An Exception was thrown.

KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.

StackTarace

at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)

at Telerik.Windows.Controls.OutlookBar.MinimizedOutlookBarItem.Telerik.Windows.Controls.OutlookBar.OutlookBarItem.set_Location(OutlookBarItemPosition value)

at Telerik.Windows.Controls.OutlookBar.OutlookBarPanel.ArrangeOverride(Sixe finalSize)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.ArrangeOverride(IntPtr nativeTarget, Single inWidth, Single inHeight, Single& outWidth, Single& outHeight)

InnerException: None

FYI: I was not getting this error earlier when I was working with the trial version till two days back.

Thanks.

[robert hutchison]

Well, here's a stranger thing, but it gets you to a place where you can set properties (until you do a build or one of many other actions).

1. Select all of your RadOutlookBarItem XAML objects (not the outlook bar itself)
2. cut them (to your clipboard)
3. reload the designer - it will now load properly and the outlook bar will appear properly (empty, but you will see it)
4. paste them back in - the RadOutlookBarItem objects will appear correctly inside your Outlook bar
5. you will now be able to set properties on the RadOutlookBar and the RadOutlookBarItem objects.

This will work in VS 2010 and in Blend 4. As soon as you do something like a build or test it, the designer will try to load it again and you will need to repeat this procedure.

If someone has a way to actually fix this, please fill us in.

Thanks,

Rob

[HDD]

Thanks Rob,

I guess that is what I have been doing till today.

But the pain is, you have to do it each time when you compile.

Here is another catch though. This error is not generated on compile if you have just two items (need to verify the number...)  in the Outlook Bar. That is what I have seen. Not really tested thoroughly though. But two items doesn't break the designer on compile.

So do we have a fix for this?

Thanks for responding Rob.

[Ivan]

Hi Guys,

Thank you for sharing the information.

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All the best,
Ivan
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