Question

I just installed the Windows Phone developer tools, because I want to play with the phone and possibly publish some application(s).

However, after creating a default project, I’m presented this when I try to compile:

The tag 'Panorama' does not exist in XML namespace 'clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone.Controls'

What mistake have I made?

EDIT: I missed part of the error:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1360,9): warning MSB3245: Could not resolve this reference. Could not locate the assembly "Microsoft.Phone.Controls". Check to make sure the assembly exists on disk. If this reference is required by your code, you may get compilation errors.
          For SearchPath "{TargetFrameworkDirectory}".
          Considered "C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\Silverlight\v4.0\Profile\WindowsPhone\Microsoft.Phone.Controls.dll", but it didn't exist.
          Considered "C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\Silverlight\v4.0\Profile\WindowsPhone\Microsoft.Phone.Controls.exe", but it didn't exist.
          For SearchPath "{RawFileName}".
          Considered treating "Microsoft.Phone.Controls" as a file name, but it didn't exist.
          For SearchPath "Bin\Debug\".
          Considered "Bin\Debug\Microsoft.Phone.Controls.dll", but it didn't exist.
          Considered "Bin\Debug\Microsoft.Phone.Controls.exe", but it didn't exist.

Answer 1

It appears to me that the SDK somehow failed to install some of the required components. I would recommend reinstalling the SDK first and see where you can get from there.