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Using SketchFlow for Windows Phone Series

In this ToolBox module you discover principles of good UX design. You also discover how to start and build your prototype using the SketchFlow Template for Windows Phone.

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Creating SampleData

In this section, you add sample data to your project and customize it to represent the content that will be in your actual application. Editing and customizing sample data is simple to do directly in Expression Blend, and helps make your prototype more realistic for testing.

  1. Close any files that you might have open in Expression Blend and choose File > Open; browse to locate the project file in the Prototype02_Start folder inside the WPSketchFlowLesson02 folder.
  2. Make sure you are on the Main page by double-clicking on the Main screen in the SketchFlow Map panel.
  3. Click on the Data panel to bring it forward, and then click on the Create sample data button, and select New sample data.
    Data panel
  4. When the New Sample Data dialog box appears, change the Data Source Name to MainMenu, leave the other settings as they are, and click OK. The MainMenu sample data is added with two properties to start. Since you are creating a list that only has one property, you will remove one of the properties and then edit the other.
    Change Data Source Name
  5. Right-click on Property2 and choose Remove Property2. You are left with Property1.
  6. Double-click on Property1 and change the name to MainMenuItem.