I want to add some silverlight stuff to my application - I tried a silverlight project and a web project but do "I have to" use expression blend now to edit xaml files? At one point I thought there was a designer .... blend means nothing to me, I'm not a freaking designer I just want to drop controls on the page and wire up events :)

thanks

-c 

I think you need to download and install the tools. Try this URL: http://silverlight.net/QuickStarts/Start/CreateProject.aspx and see if you have everything installed.

 I just did a clean install of everything including the tools and still I have no designer inside Orcas?

thanks 

Unfortunately, the tools are minimal and there's no designer.  It's something that we put together quickly to give some priliminary support for Silverlight.  For now, your best bet is to use "Microsoft Expression Studio" if you need a designer.