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Displaying an image in WPF (without Visual Studio)

I'm trying to display an image in WPF (whether by defining it as a resource or simply by referring to the path and not defining a resource) but the image doesn't show in my application. I have a JPG image with the name 'MyImage' in a folder called 'Images'. I've seen a lot of answers saying that I need to set the build action to resource in Visual Studio but my computer cannot handle Visual Studio or any of the alternate IDE's so I'm basically doing this using cmd and Sublime Text as a text Editor.
Here's the code for MainWindow.xaml :
<Window x:Class="WPF106.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WPF106"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="600">
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="Dummy1"/>
<Image Source="/Images/MyImage.jpg" Height="150" />
<TextBlock Text="Dummy2" />
</StackPanel>
</Window>
The project folder
The application result
P.S. I have tried using Visual Studio but unfortunately that is not at all an option so if anyone could come up with a solution to this without using it (and preferably using the image as a resource), please let me know.

WPF Ribbon obscures the titlebar

I am making a WPF program in C# in Visual Studio 2013 and I am using the Ribbon component. So far I've only written XAML for the Ribbon and a few buttons on it, and have only modified the C# file by adding using System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon; and subclassing RibbonWindow instead of Window. I remembered to add a reference to the required .dll in Visual Studio for the Ribbon.
When I run the program, the titlebar is really covered up:
Setting the Ribbon to have HorizontalAlignment="Left" makes it look like this:
I'm pretty new to WPF, C# and Visual Studio, so I don't have any idea what's wrong here. I have pasted my XAML code below (omitting the tab groups and application menu):
<RibbonWindow
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:Custom="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/ribbon" x:Class="SwaagPaiNT.MainWindow"
Title="Swaag PaiNT" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<Custom:Ribbon HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Custom:Ribbon.HelpPaneContent>
<Custom:RibbonButton Name="what" ToolTip="whachunee" />
</Custom:Ribbon.HelpPaneContent>
<Custom:Ribbon.QuickAccessToolBar>
<Custom:RibbonQuickAccessToolBar>
<Custom:RibbonButton x:Name="SAVE" ToolTip="BLAZE IT"/>
<Custom:RibbonSplitButton x:Name="Undo">
<Custom:RibbonSplitMenuItem Header="CANNOT UNDO MORE" />
</Custom:RibbonSplitButton>
</Custom:RibbonQuickAccessToolBar>
</Custom:Ribbon.QuickAccessToolBar>
</Custom:Ribbon>
</Grid>
</RibbonWindow>
This is a Windows 7 Professional 32-bit system.

But your problem is that everything is painted as it should be - Ribbon knows nothing about those close and minimize buttons - it is just given some space to be painted on.
To change its looks and behaviours either use templates, create a user control or directly subclass the Ribbon(it is not the usual way, but sometimes you really want to encapsulate your control).
<Window>
<Grid>
...
<MyRibbon Grid.Row="0" .../>
<Ribbon Grid.Row="1" Template={StaticResource MyRibbonTemplate} .../>
</Grid>
</Windows>
EDIT:
Sorry, I was a bit unattentive and never looked at RibbonWindow. I've actually never seen or used RibbonWindow. What I've written before was nearly completely wrong. Thank you for pointing it. Now to the problem.
Such behaviour indicates that the Ribbon control is not integrated with the RibbonWindow as it should be, so you could:
Try MSDN example in place of your code. I don't see any fundamental differences, but who knows. If it works - we will know that there is some simple problem in XAML or code-behind. If not - try next
Try to change the targeted .NET version(Try the highest possible).
Try to change the visual style in Windows(simplified to Aero or to Classic).
There are could be some problems with manually changed inheritance of your windows class to RibbonWindow . Window's code-behind file is actually partial class. I am not sure how it may work in such a way, but that's a possible direction to look in.
P.S.: I will give a try to it by myself later and write about any results.
EDIT:
I've downloaded ribbon controls libraries and tried the MSDN example in Windows 8.1 with Visual Studio 2013 for .NET 4.5 - everything worked fine. But when I changed the targeted framework to 4.0 the Ribbon control blackened the entire line with title. Nonetheless I'll try the example in Win 7 with VS2010.
EDIT:
Such code worked for me in Win7 VS2010 targeting .NET 4.0:
<ribbon:RibbonWindow x:Class="SwaagPaiNT.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:ribbon="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Controls.Ribbon;assembly=RibbonControlsLibrary"
Title="MainWindow"
x:Name="RibbonWindow"
Width="640" Height="480">
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ribbon:Ribbon x:Name="Ribbon" Title="Ribbon Title">
<ribbon:Ribbon.HelpPaneContent>
<ribbon:RibbonButton />
</ribbon:Ribbon.HelpPaneContent>
<ribbon:Ribbon.QuickAccessToolBar>
<ribbon:RibbonQuickAccessToolBar >
<ribbon:RibbonButton x:Name="QATButton1"/>
<ribbon:RibbonButton x:Name="QATButton2"
/>
</ribbon:RibbonQuickAccessToolBar>
</ribbon:Ribbon.QuickAccessToolBar>
<ribbon:Ribbon.ApplicationMenu>
<ribbon:RibbonApplicationMenu >
<ribbon:RibbonApplicationMenuItem Header="Hello _Ribbon"
x:Name="MenuItem1"
/>
</ribbon:RibbonApplicationMenu>
</ribbon:Ribbon.ApplicationMenu>
<ribbon:RibbonTab x:Name="HomeTab"
Header="Home">
<ribbon:RibbonGroup x:Name="Group1"
Header="Group1">
<ribbon:RibbonButton x:Name="Button1"
Label="Button1" />
</ribbon:RibbonGroup>
</ribbon:RibbonTab>
</ribbon:Ribbon>
</Grid>
</ribbon:RibbonWindow>
using Microsoft.Windows.Controls.Ribbon;
namespace SwaagPaiNT
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class MainWindow : RibbonWindow
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
}
}
The only real difference between your code and the shown above is in the
<RibbonWindow
...
xmlns:Custom="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/ribbon"
Your code uses xml schema to identify ribbon and not the clr-namespace as MSDN shows,
also RibbonWindow is used without any namespace prefix.
I hope that it will help.

Can't use InkCanvas in SilverLight

I am trying to create my first program in SilverLight. But I can't use the InkCanvas.
Simply, I just:
Create a new project.
Choose SilverLight Application (Framework 4.5)
UnCheck "Host the silverlight application in a website..."
SilverLight version 5
"WCF RIA Services" unchecked
Click on ToolBox > Choose Items > Select InkCanvas from SilverLight components
Add InkCanvas to the form & Change it's background color to black
Click on "Start" (Debug)
But I can't see or use the Canvas.
Here is the XAML:
<UserControl xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:Workspace="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Expression.Prototyping.Workspace;assembly=Microsoft.Expression.Prototyping.Runtime"
x:Class="SilverlightApplication3.MainPage"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="300"
d:DesignWidth="400">
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot"
Background="White">
<Workspace:InkCanvas HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Height="204"
Margin="36,52,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="310"
Background="Black" />
</Grid>
</UserControl>
Then I get these 2 errors:
Error 1 Undefined CLR namespace. The 'clr-namespace' URI refers to a
namespace 'Microsoft.Expression.Prototyping.Workspace' that could not
be found. c:\users\xperator\documents\visual studio
2012\Projects\SilverlightApplication3\SilverlightApplication3\MainPage.xaml 6 21 SilverlightApplication3
and
Error 2 The type 'Workspace:InkCanvas' was not found. Verify that you
are not missing an assembly reference and that all referenced
assemblies have been built. c:\users\xperator\documents\visual studio
2012\Projects\SilverlightApplication3\SilverlightApplication3\MainPage.xaml 12 10 SilverlightApplication3
As the error says, there is no Workspace in the Prototyping namespace. I can see in the Solution explorer, there is only 2 References related to the InkCanvas:
Microsoft.Expression.Prototyping.Interactivity
microsoft.expression.prototyping.runtime
Tried to add the "Workspace" from the "Add Reference" but couldn't find it.
UPDATE :
I think actually the InkCanvas is not official ported to silverlight yet. Tried to do the same steps on a fresh pc, and I just noticed InkCanvas wasn't there in the first place. Maybe something related to Blend added the prototype control in my own PC. Still it doesn't work :(
I am open to any suggestion for alternatives to InkCanvas.

How to get started with Microsofts RibbonControlsLibrary?

I'm new to WPF programming and decided to give it a shot by trying out some ribbon control libraries.
The library that looks best for now is the Microsoft RibbonControlsLibrary. You can get it on the ribbon licensing page.
So far I've started a new project, added the control to the windows, but them I'm stuck: This is the code so far:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication2.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="808" xmlns:my="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wpf/2008/toolkit" xmlns:my1="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Controls.Ribbon;assembly=RibbonControlsLibrary" WindowStyle="SingleBorderWindow">
<Grid>
<my1:Ribbon HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="ribbon1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="165" Width="786" ShowQuickAccessToolbarOnTop="False" WindowIconVisibility="Visible" DataContext="{Binding}" Margin="0,-20,0,0">
<my1:Ribbon.ApplicationMenu>
<my1:RibbonApplicationMenu Visibility="Hidden" IsEnabled="True" />
</my1:Ribbon.ApplicationMenu>
<my1:RibbonTab Label="Tab1" Name="rtab1" >
</my1:RibbonTab>
<my1:RibbonTab Label="tab2" Name="rtab2"/>
</my1:Ribbon>
</Grid>
</Window>
Questions:
1) Where can I find samples for this ribbon control? I've tried googling, but came up with nothing useful.
2) How to add items to specific ribbon tabs? I'm lost in all these properties in the property grid. So far I havent found a designer for that purpose.
3) How can I switch the designer to show me what icons/button/... I placed on TabPage2?
(FYI: The fluent ribbon library does not seem to work for me, because I can't get rid of the ApplicationMenu.)

Found a great sample/tutorial:
http://windowsclient.net/downloads/folders/hands-on-labs/entry76491.aspx
The sample provides a manual with explanations and some test projects with step by step instructions to implement the ribbon control.
Though I'm totally new to WPF, I managed to extract necessary classes from the sample to provide a ribon based menu in my program.

Using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit on .Net 3.5?

I'm trying to use the ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.TextEditor control from the SharpDevelop 4.0 project in a WPF app that I'm building, but I can't seem to get it to work.
I checked out a copy of the source code from svn://svnmirror.sharpdevelop.net/sharpdevelop/trunk/SharpDevelop/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit at revision 4304. Then, I built the project using Visual Studio 2008 SP1, which succeeded without errors.
I then created a blank new WPF project, added the build DLL to the toolbox and dropped the TextEditor control onto the default empty window, like so:
<Window x:Class="AvalonEditTest.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:avalonedit="http://icsharpcode.net/sharpdevelop/avalonedit"
Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300" >
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
<avalonedit:TextEditor Name="textEditor" />
</Grid>
</Window>
However, when I run the project, the form comes up completely blank. No caret, the mouse cursor stays the default pointer, and the window does not respond to keypresses.
Am I missing something, or is AvalonEdit just a little broken?
[EDIT: I'm starting to think it might be related to my specific setup. I'm running the 64-bit Windows 7 RC. Might that have something to do with it? I've tried building it for x86 only, made no difference.]

Are you sure your namespace declaration is correct?
You can try something like this:
<Window x:Class="Editor.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300"
xmlns:e="clr-namespace:ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit;assembly=ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit">
<Grid>
<e:TextEditor x:Name="Editor" WordWrap="True" Height="200">
</e:TextEditor>
</Grid>
</Window>
I was able to get it to work without any issues.

The AvalonEdit TextEditor is just a view for a TextDocument model.
The problem was that a new AvalonEdit instance didn't start connected to any model instance, so there wasn't anything to edit.
The reason the code from statictype worked was that he didn't use <avalonedit:TextEditor/>, but <avalonedit:TextEditor></avalonedit:TextEditor>. This will assign an empty string to the Text property, which caused the editor to implicitly create a new document.
But this isn't relevant with recent AvalonEdit versions anymore, the editor will now always create a new TextDocument.

This works for me with the latest build
<DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
<avalonedit:TextEditor
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
Name="textEditor1"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch" />
</DockPanel>