MVVM Light + Blend designer view error: Cannot find resource named 'Locator'.

Question

The application runs fine but i could not see my design in the designer view.

It says Cannot find resource named \'Locator\'. Obviously, i did not change anything i

Answer 1

Make sure the Blend has opened the entire solution and NOT just the single project containing the views. I was right-clicking in Visual Studio and selecting Open In Expression Blend. To my surprize, Blend could not find the solution file, so it only opened the single project.

When I realized this, I launched Blend directly, pointed it to the solution file, and then Blend was able to find the ViewModelLocator in my view.