Currently developed in the system a lot of control style and animation is more complex, it should be done by colleagues in blend, this artifact does not have to be too wasteful, they are ready to try.
System Environment Windows7+visual Studio 2012
1.windows7 Use Problems
The previous VS installation has chosen to install blend, but it is problematic to use under Win7, prompting for a win8 system.
This issue is addressed through the vs2012 patch pack, which you can use with blend for Visual Studio 2012 after installation win7.
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2.Blend use
Create a new item, drag and drop the control, and edit its template to edit its properties directly in the right-side properties window, such as color. View the template's source file to get the corresponding XAML information.
For the time being, using blend can be very handy for styling and animating, and using blend for complex styles or animations should be the best choice.
Windows7 the use of the blend for Visual Studio 2012