creating a custom editor

[KaleoDev]

Hello there, I have been asked to create a design surface where you can drag and drop controls onto this surface and it will automatically generate the XAML code , now the problem is i have never done this before, so if there is anyone who can help me with this it would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance

[Bekjong]

How about buying Microsoft Expression Blend?

Standards are great! Everybody should have one!

[KaleoDev]

thanks for the reply, im actually trying to create a custom IDE like VS that i can drag and drop controls onto a surface and the XAML code for those controls will be generated automatically,

[Bekjong]

Well yes, that's what Expression Blend does. It'll probably be cheaper to buy it than putting in vast amounts of time and trouble to create something similar.

Standards are great! Everybody should have one!

[KaleoDev]

Expression Blend would work but we are looking to create a custom one that we can develop and deploy so that anyone can create a custom application simply by dragging controls onto a design surface