Debugging Resource strings are unavailable

is normal silverlight behavior

The remote server returned an error: NotFound

use fiddler

Fiddler is a lifesaver with silverlight problems

The imported project "C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Silverlight\v5.0\Microsoft.Silverlight.CSharp.targets" was not found

download Microsoft Silverlight 5 Tools and SDK

Autosizing in Silverlight

use textblock not label

reduce size xap issue

I made a dll reference to local copy = false and the published xap file still had the dll

I had to clean the project for this to work

Publish Issue

I had to compile before publishing to get my latest changes in the XAML file

Cannot find a Resource with the Name/Key blah

Fascinating point - if the resource is included in a different xap file there wont be an error

Silverlight debugging in VS

A few things you may have to do:

• clear cache
• on the web tab of project click silverlight debugger
• when attaching to process click select->debug these code types->silverlight