A few small fixes for the XamlDesigner Sample App:

- fix the AvalonDock default Settings so no exception is raised
- Allow the Designed WPF View to be Tested or Rendered to a Bitmap
- Better Assembly Resolving

samples/XamlDesigner/App.xaml.cs

@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Configuration;
 using System.Data;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Windows;
-using ICSharpCode.XamlDesigner.Configuration;
 using System.Windows.Threading;
-using System.Diagnostics;
+
+using ICSharpCode.WpfDesign.Designer;
+using ICSharpCode.XamlDesigner.Configuration;
 
 namespace ICSharpCode.XamlDesigner
 {
@@ -14,12 +19,70 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.XamlDesigner
 	{
 		public static string[] Args;
 
-        protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
-        {
+		protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
+		{
+			AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += new ResolveEventHandler(AppDomain_CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve);
+			AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler(AppDomain_CurrentDomain_UnhandledException);
+			DragDropExceptionHandler.UnhandledException += new ThreadExceptionEventHandler(DragDropExceptionHandler_UnhandledException);
 			DispatcherUnhandledException += App_DispatcherUnhandledException;
 			Args = e.Args;
-            base.OnStartup(e);
-        }
+			base.OnStartup(e);
+		}
+
+		private static bool internalLoad = false;
+		private static string lastRequesting = null;
+		
+		Assembly AppDomain_CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
+		{
+			if (internalLoad)
+				return null;
+			
+			if (args.Name.Split(new [] { ',' })[0].Trim().EndsWith(".resources"))
+				return null;
+			
+			internalLoad = true;
+			
+			Assembly ass = null;
+			try {
+				
+				ass = Assembly.Load(args.Name);
+			}
+			catch (Exception) { }
+			
+			if (ass == null && args.RequestingAssembly != null) {
+				lastRequesting = args.RequestingAssembly.Location;
+				var dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(args.RequestingAssembly.Location);
+				var file = args.Name.Split(new [] { ',' })[0].Trim() + ".dll";
+				try {
+					ass = Assembly.LoadFrom(Path.Combine(dir, file));
+				}
+				catch (Exception) { }
+			}
+			else if (lastRequesting != null) {
+				var dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(lastRequesting);
+				var file = args.Name.Split(new [] { ',' })[0].Trim() + ".dll";
+				try {
+					ass = Assembly.LoadFrom(Path.Combine(dir, file));
+				}
+				catch (Exception) { }
+			}
+			
+			internalLoad = false;
+			
+			return ass;
+		}
+		
+		void DragDropExceptionHandler_UnhandledException(object sender, ThreadExceptionEventArgs e)
+		{
+			Shell.ReportException(e.Exception);
+			
+		}
+
+		void AppDomain_CurrentDomain_UnhandledException(object sender, UnhandledExceptionEventArgs e)
+		{
+			Shell.ReportException(e.ExceptionObject as Exception);
+		}
+
 
 		void App_DispatcherUnhandledException(object sender, DispatcherUnhandledExceptionEventArgs e)
 		{
@@ -27,10 +90,10 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.XamlDesigner
 			e.Handled = true;
 		}
 
-        protected override void OnExit(ExitEventArgs e)
-        {            
-            Settings.Default.Save();
-            base.OnExit(e);
-        }
+		protected override void OnExit(ExitEventArgs e)
+		{
+			Settings.Default.Save();
+			base.OnExit(e);
+		}
 	}
 }

samples/XamlDesigner/Configuration/Settings.Designer.cs

@@ -37,25 +37,34 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.XamlDesigner.Configuration {
         
         [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
         [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
-        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute(@"<DockingManager>
-    <ResizingPanel Orientation=""Horizontal"">
-        <ResizingPanel ResizeWidth=""200"" Orientation=""Vertical"">
-            <DockablePane ResizeHeight=""441.36166666666668"" Anchor=""Left"">
-                <DockableContent Name=""content1"" AutoHide=""false"" />
-            </DockablePane>
-            <DockablePane ResizeWidth=""200"" Anchor=""Left"">
-                <DockableContent Name=""content2"" AutoHide=""false"" />
-            </DockablePane>
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute(@"<DockingManager version=""1.3.0"">
+    <ResizingPanel ResizeWidth=""*"" ResizeHeight=""*"" EffectiveSize=""0,0"" Orientation=""Vertical"">
+        <ResizingPanel ResizeWidth=""*"" ResizeHeight=""*"" EffectiveSize=""1920,1153.04"" Orientation=""Horizontal"">
+            <ResizingPanel ResizeWidth=""250"" ResizeHeight=""*"" EffectiveSize=""250,1153.04"" Orientation=""Vertical"">
+                <DockablePane ResizeWidth=""0.742440632565806*"" ResizeHeight=""0.742440632565806*"" EffectiveSize=""250,851.609103178282"" ID=""bb7a5fd3-be24-4636-8fd6-a50a09e65e69"" Anchor=""Left"" IsAutoHidden=""false"">
+                    <DockableContent Name=""content1"" FloatingWindowSize=""250,400"" ChildIndex=""0"" Width=""315"" Height=""1153.04"" Anchor=""Right"" State=""Docked"" />
+                </DockablePane>
+                <DockablePane ResizeWidth=""0.257559367434194*"" ResizeHeight=""0.257559367434194*"" EffectiveSize=""250,295.430896821718"" ID=""17cd1941-1004-4ed9-8cda-03c254681289"" Anchor=""Left"" IsAutoHidden=""false"">
+                    <DockableContent Name=""content2"" FloatingWindowSize=""250,400"" ChildIndex=""0"" Width=""328"" Height=""1153.04"" Anchor=""Right"" State=""Docked"" />
+                </DockablePane>
+            </ResizingPanel>
+            <ResizingPanel ResizeWidth=""*"" ResizeHeight=""*"" EffectiveSize=""1408,1153.04"" Orientation=""Vertical"">
+                <DocumentPaneResizingPanel ResizeWidth=""*"" ResizeHeight=""*"" EffectiveSize=""1408,965.04"" Orientation=""Vertical"">
+                    <DocumentPane IsMain=""true"" ResizeWidth=""*"" ResizeHeight=""*"" EffectiveSize=""1408,965.04"" />
+                </DocumentPaneResizingPanel>
+                <DockablePane ResizeWidth=""*"" ResizeHeight=""182"" EffectiveSize=""1408,182"" ID=""ebd34b7e-6a89-42c6-b172-0e666b0d8a0a"" Anchor=""Bottom"" IsAutoHidden=""false"">
+                    <DockableContent Name=""content3"" FloatingWindowSize=""250,400"" ChildIndex=""0"" Width=""1920"" Height=""400"" Anchor=""Bottom"" State=""Docked"" />
+                </DockablePane>
+            </ResizingPanel>
+            <ResizingPanel ResizeWidth=""250"" ResizeHeight=""*"" EffectiveSize=""250,1153.04"" Orientation=""Vertical"">
+                <DockablePane ResizeWidth=""0.145251345356991*"" ResizeHeight=""0.145251345356991*"" EffectiveSize=""250,166.609103178283"" ID=""aa545474-48b3-49a6-b76c-b0c625e79e4c"" Anchor=""Right"" IsAutoHidden=""false"">
+                    <DockableContent Name=""content5"" FloatingWindowSize=""250,400"" ChildIndex=""0"" Width=""550.666666666667"" Height=""1153.04"" Anchor=""Right"" State=""Docked"" />
+                </DockablePane>
+                <DockablePane ResizeWidth=""0.854748654643009*"" ResizeHeight=""0.854748654643009*"" EffectiveSize=""250,980.430896821717"" ID=""64e5518b-2c83-4e22-908d-a510a6995c27"" Anchor=""Right"" IsAutoHidden=""false"">
+                    <DockableContent Name=""content4"" FloatingWindowSize=""250,400"" ChildIndex=""0"" Width=""399.967430639324"" Height=""1153.04"" Anchor=""Right"" State=""Docked"" />
+                </DockablePane>
+            </ResizingPanel>
         </ResizingPanel>
-        <ResizingPanel Orientation=""Vertical"">
-            <DocumentPanePlaceHolder />
-            <DockablePane ResizeHeight=""138"" Anchor=""Bottom"">
-                <DockableContent Name=""content3"" AutoHide=""false"" />
-            </DockablePane>
-        </ResizingPanel>
-        <DockablePane ResizeWidth=""271"" Anchor=""Right"">
-            <DockableContent Name=""content4"" AutoHide=""false"" />
-        </DockablePane>
     </ResizingPanel>
     <Hidden />
     <Windows />

samples/XamlDesigner/Configuration/Settings.settings

@@ -6,25 +6,34 @@
       <Value Profile="(Default)">0,0,0,0</Value>
     </Setting>
     <Setting Name="AvalonDockLayout" Type="System.String" Scope="User">
-      <Value Profile="(Default)">&lt;DockingManager&gt;
-    &lt;ResizingPanel Orientation="Horizontal"&gt;
-        &lt;ResizingPanel ResizeWidth="200" Orientation="Vertical"&gt;
-            &lt;DockablePane ResizeHeight="441.36166666666668" Anchor="Left"&gt;
-                &lt;DockableContent Name="content1" AutoHide="false" /&gt;
-            &lt;/DockablePane&gt;
-            &lt;DockablePane ResizeWidth="200" Anchor="Left"&gt;
-                &lt;DockableContent Name="content2" AutoHide="false" /&gt;
-            &lt;/DockablePane&gt;
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">&lt;DockingManager version="1.3.0"&gt;
+    &lt;ResizingPanel ResizeWidth="*" ResizeHeight="*" EffectiveSize="0,0" Orientation="Vertical"&gt;
+        &lt;ResizingPanel ResizeWidth="*" ResizeHeight="*" EffectiveSize="1920,1153.04" Orientation="Horizontal"&gt;
+            &lt;ResizingPanel ResizeWidth="250" ResizeHeight="*" EffectiveSize="250,1153.04" Orientation="Vertical"&gt;
+                &lt;DockablePane ResizeWidth="0.742440632565806*" ResizeHeight="0.742440632565806*" EffectiveSize="250,851.609103178282" ID="bb7a5fd3-be24-4636-8fd6-a50a09e65e69" Anchor="Left" IsAutoHidden="false"&gt;
+                    &lt;DockableContent Name="content1" FloatingWindowSize="250,400" ChildIndex="0" Width="315" Height="1153.04" Anchor="Right" State="Docked" /&gt;
+                &lt;/DockablePane&gt;
+                &lt;DockablePane ResizeWidth="0.257559367434194*" ResizeHeight="0.257559367434194*" EffectiveSize="250,295.430896821718" ID="17cd1941-1004-4ed9-8cda-03c254681289" Anchor="Left" IsAutoHidden="false"&gt;
+                    &lt;DockableContent Name="content2" FloatingWindowSize="250,400" ChildIndex="0" Width="328" Height="1153.04" Anchor="Right" State="Docked" /&gt;
+                &lt;/DockablePane&gt;
+            &lt;/ResizingPanel&gt;
+            &lt;ResizingPanel ResizeWidth="*" ResizeHeight="*" EffectiveSize="1408,1153.04" Orientation="Vertical"&gt;
+                &lt;DocumentPaneResizingPanel ResizeWidth="*" ResizeHeight="*" EffectiveSize="1408,965.04" Orientation="Vertical"&gt;
+                    &lt;DocumentPane IsMain="true" ResizeWidth="*" ResizeHeight="*" EffectiveSize="1408,965.04" /&gt;
+                &lt;/DocumentPaneResizingPanel&gt;
+                &lt;DockablePane ResizeWidth="*" ResizeHeight="182" EffectiveSize="1408,182" ID="ebd34b7e-6a89-42c6-b172-0e666b0d8a0a" Anchor="Bottom" IsAutoHidden="false"&gt;
+                    &lt;DockableContent Name="content3" FloatingWindowSize="250,400" ChildIndex="0" Width="1920" Height="400" Anchor="Bottom" State="Docked" /&gt;
+                &lt;/DockablePane&gt;
+            &lt;/ResizingPanel&gt;
+            &lt;ResizingPanel ResizeWidth="250" ResizeHeight="*" EffectiveSize="250,1153.04" Orientation="Vertical"&gt;
+                &lt;DockablePane ResizeWidth="0.145251345356991*" ResizeHeight="0.145251345356991*" EffectiveSize="250,166.609103178283" ID="aa545474-48b3-49a6-b76c-b0c625e79e4c" Anchor="Right" IsAutoHidden="false"&gt;
+                    &lt;DockableContent Name="content5" FloatingWindowSize="250,400" ChildIndex="0" Width="550.666666666667" Height="1153.04" Anchor="Right" State="Docked" /&gt;
+                &lt;/DockablePane&gt;
+                &lt;DockablePane ResizeWidth="0.854748654643009*" ResizeHeight="0.854748654643009*" EffectiveSize="250,980.430896821717" ID="64e5518b-2c83-4e22-908d-a510a6995c27" Anchor="Right" IsAutoHidden="false"&gt;
+                    &lt;DockableContent Name="content4" FloatingWindowSize="250,400" ChildIndex="0" Width="399.967430639324" Height="1153.04" Anchor="Right" State="Docked" /&gt;
+                &lt;/DockablePane&gt;
+            &lt;/ResizingPanel&gt;
         &lt;/ResizingPanel&gt;
-        &lt;ResizingPanel Orientation="Vertical"&gt;
-            &lt;DocumentPanePlaceHolder /&gt;
-            &lt;DockablePane ResizeHeight="138" Anchor="Bottom"&gt;
-                &lt;DockableContent Name="content3" AutoHide="false" /&gt;
-            &lt;/DockablePane&gt;
-        &lt;/ResizingPanel&gt;
-        &lt;DockablePane ResizeWidth="271" Anchor="Right"&gt;
-            &lt;DockableContent Name="content4" AutoHide="false" /&gt;
-        &lt;/DockablePane&gt;
     &lt;/ResizingPanel&gt;
     &lt;Hidden /&gt;
     &lt;Windows /&gt;

samples/XamlDesigner/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
 		<CommandBinding Command="Default:MainWindow.ExitCommand"
 		                Executed="ExitCommand_Executed" />
 	
+		<CommandBinding Command="Default:MainWindow.RunCommand"
+		                Executed="RunCommand_Executed" />
+	
+		<CommandBinding Command="Default:MainWindow.RenderToBitmapCommand"
+		                Executed="RenderToBitmapCommand_Executed" />
+	
 	</Window.CommandBindings>
 	
 	<DockPanel>
@@ -78,8 +84,12 @@
 				<MenuItem Command="Default:MainWindow.RefreshCommand" />
 				<MenuItem Command="Find" />
 			</MenuItem>
+			<MenuItem Header="Test">
+				<MenuItem Command="Default:MainWindow.RunCommand" />
+				<MenuItem Command="Default:MainWindow.RenderToBitmapCommand" />
+			</MenuItem>
 		</Menu>
-		
+				
 		<AvalonDock:DockingManager x:Name="uxDockingManager">
 			<AvalonDock:ResizingPanel>
 				

samples/XamlDesigner/MainWindow_Commands.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
-using System.Windows.Input;
 using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Documents;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using System.Windows.Markup;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using System.Xml;
+
+using Microsoft.Win32;
 
 namespace ICSharpCode.XamlDesigner
 {
@@ -13,6 +22,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.XamlDesigner
 		public static SimpleCommand SaveAllCommand = new SimpleCommand("Save All", ModifierKeys.Control | ModifierKeys.Shift, Key.S);
 		public static SimpleCommand ExitCommand = new SimpleCommand("Exit");
 		public static SimpleCommand RefreshCommand = new SimpleCommand("Refresh", Key.F5);
+		public static SimpleCommand RunCommand = new SimpleCommand("Run", ModifierKeys.Shift, Key.F5);
+		public static SimpleCommand RenderToBitmapCommand = new SimpleCommand("Render to Bitmap");
 
 		static void RenameCommands()
 		{
@@ -59,6 +70,72 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.XamlDesigner
 		{
 			Shell.Instance.SaveAll();
 		}
+		
+		void RunCommand_Executed(object sender, ExecutedRoutedEventArgs e)
+		{
+			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+			var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(new StringWriter(sb));
+			Shell.Instance.CurrentDocument.DesignSurface.SaveDesigner(xmlWriter);
+
+			var txt = sb.ToString();
+			var xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(txt));
+
+			var ctl = XamlReader.Load(xmlReader);
+
+			Window wnd = ctl as Window;
+			if (wnd == null) {
+				wnd = new Window();
+				wnd.Content = ctl;
+			}
+			wnd.Show();
+		}
+		
+		void RenderToBitmapCommand_Executed(object sender, ExecutedRoutedEventArgs e)
+		{
+			int desiredWidth = 300;
+			int desiredHeight = 300;
+			
+			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+			var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(new StringWriter(sb));
+			Shell.Instance.CurrentDocument.DesignSurface.SaveDesigner(xmlWriter);
+
+			var txt = sb.ToString();
+			var xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(txt));
+
+			var ctl = XamlReader.Load(xmlReader) as Control;
+			if (ctl is Window) {
+				var wnd = ctl as Window;
+				wnd.Width = desiredWidth;
+				wnd.Height = desiredHeight;
+				wnd.Top = -10000;
+				wnd.Left = -10000;
+				wnd.Show();
+			} else {
+				ctl.Measure(new Size(desiredWidth, desiredHeight));
+				ctl.Arrange(new Rect(new Size(desiredWidth, desiredHeight)));
+			}
+			
+			RenderTargetBitmap bmp = new RenderTargetBitmap(300, 300, 96, 96, PixelFormats.Default);
+			bmp.Render(ctl);
+
+			var encoder = new PngBitmapEncoder();
+
+			encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(bmp));
+
+			var dlg = new SaveFileDialog();
+			dlg.Filter = "*.png|*.png";
+			if (dlg.ShowDialog() == true) {
+				using (Stream stm = File.OpenWrite(dlg.FileName)) {
+					encoder.Save(stm);
+					stm.Flush();
+				}
+			}
+			
+			if (ctl is Window) {
+				var wnd = ctl as Window;
+				wnd.Close();
+			}
+		}
 
 		void ExitCommand_Executed(object sender, ExecutedRoutedEventArgs e)
 		{