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

I had a similar problem with a user control resource.
I added this in my usercontrol xaml code:

<UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/GinaControls;component/Resources/GinaControlsColors.xaml"/>
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>

Where GinaControls is the namespace where the control class is declared and /Resources/GinaControlsColors.xaml is the project folder and xaml resource file name.

Hope this helps.