How to add XNA Content Pipeline to Silverlight 5 in Visual Studio Web 2010 Express?

Question

The Silverlight 5 XNA samples , I presume are built in Visual Studio Professional editions as when when opening them in Visual Web Express 2010 it cannot open the Content Projects.

NB: I have reported the issue here , so watch out for a resolution there.

How can I use the Content Pipeline for a Silverlight 5 application using Visual Studio 2010 express editions? Or if that is not possible - how can I at least use the ContentManager to import pre-built .xnb files?

(I have all the requirements, apart from Pro edition it seems, and can draw primitives. I can actually run the platformer sample so there must be way)

Answer 1

Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 is not supported in the Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express product SKU. See the MSDN article from here, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb203916.aspx , portions of which are copied here for your convenience.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh leverages the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 development environment, extending it for game development. XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh works with any of the following Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 products.

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
• Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express Edition
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional Edition

To create or modify an XNA Content Project, Open the project in a supported edition of the Express SKU's.