MVVM Light Hotfix for Windows Phone 7 developer tools RTM

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This is a hotfix to correct the issues with the MVVM Light templates for Windows Phone 7.

Who is it for?

Use this hotfix if (and only if):

Why a hotfix?

The hotifx is needed because of changes in the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 assemblies (regrouping of classes in different namespaces and/or different assemblies) as well as some other changes (manifest structure, etc). The MVVM Light assemblies do not need any update however, and continue to work as expected with the new release.

How to install?

The installation process is described at http://www.galasoft.ch/mvvm/installing/hotfix20100719/

Note about Blend:

At the moment, the MVVM Light templates are only available for Visual Studio. Right now, the workaround is to create the MVVM Light application for Windows Phone 7 in Visual Studio, and then to open it in Blend for Windows Phone .

Happy coding!

Laurent

 

Print | posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:24 AM

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# re: MVVM Light Hotfix for Windows Phone 7 developer tools beta

left by Jeff Richardson at 7/23/2010 4:01 AM Gravatar
Thanks, you are AWESOME!

# re: MVVM Light Hotfix for Windows Phone 7 developer tools beta

left by Jeff Richardson at 7/24/2010 12:41 PM Gravatar
Laurent,
I have been playing with the latest templates and application life cycle. When I was looking for a place to initialize the DispatchHelper, I noticed that the Application_Launching event handler was being executed AFTER the MainViewModel constructor has executed. Is this the expected behavior?

Thanks, Jeff.

# re: MVVM Light Hotfix for Windows Phone 7 developer tools RTM

left by Andy Adamak at 2/24/2011 8:43 PM Gravatar
Ever get your MVVM Light templates working in Blend 4 for WP7?

# re: MVVM Light Hotfix for Windows Phone 7 developer tools RTM

left by Laurent Bugnion at 2/26/2011 12:59 PM Gravatar
Hi,

Unfortunately, this is still not possible. It is by no fault of my own, I should add, but there is a problem in Blend 4 for WP7 that prevents custom templates to work. I have been in contact with the team about that, but there is no workaround (other than creating the app in VS2010 (including Express if you are using this free version) and then opening in Blend).

Cheers,
Laurent
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