Hi,
I'm building an application using the VisualStudio Isolated Shell, which also comes with the WPF designer. The user shall be able to create a GUI with a defined set of controls, and this GUI shall be represented by an XML file.
Now I'm wondering whether there is a way to edit another file format with the WPF designer (unfortunately, all I found on the internet yet suggests that this is not possible), or do I need to implement a designer by myself?
Is there a way to swap the data model and the serialization mechanism?
On a side node, can I access the WPF designer and put a custom control to the background that the user can't edit?
The idea here is that the user works on invisible controls on the foreground. Those then affect the (exchangeable) background control.
Any information on this topic would be greatly appreciated.