Virst time more complex stuff in WPF. I am a little lost on the split betwen VS and Blend.

It seems I am VERY limited with editors in Visual Studio for editing controls - when customizing, for example, it seems I Can enter astyle in XML... but in blend I Can tell it to make a copy of the CURRENT style and use that as a starter, definitely more convenient.

I understand the "difference in focus", but it seems to me that i Really need both tools to work, especially if the controls I Do are:

• More complex
• Not user controls "on purpose" (to allow more customization by programmes using the application).

THis means when I do a control, my approach would be:

• Work on the backend as good as it gets without front end (i.e. implement all methods needed etc., but can be dummies)
• Switch over to Blend (closing visual studio - as the projcet must be closed)
• Put in the initial templating
• Switch over to VIsual Studio (closing blend)
• Put logic in and debug.

This seems pretty counterintuitively.

Am I missing something obvious here?