Take the 2-minute tour ×  Hopefully this is simple - I DataBind
a bunch of labels and text controls in a Silverlight application
(to DependencyProperties that I create in my class), but of
course the text is empty at design time.  I'd still like to have
an idea of how this will be laid out; is there a way to specify
a design-time value, even though it's databound?  share|improve
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accepted  The feature you're looking for is Expression Blend
Sample Data. Sample Data allows you to specify a Design Time
data source that has some sample fields in it (names, addresses,
numbers, images, hierarchies, etc).  Here's a good introduction
article: http://silverzine.com/tutorials/how-to-create-sample-
data-in-blend-3/  And here's a collection of links on Sample
data: http://martinkruszynski.blogspot.com/2009/08/expression-
blend-3-sample-data-data.html  The core of Sample Data is you
use build a mock design time datasource in blend (shaped like
your data types), define