title: Expression blend 2012 compatible with Visual Studio 2008
body: <p>We are using Visual Studio 2008 and targeting the .NET framework 3.5.  I have both Visual Studio 2008 and 2012 installed.  I am looking at creating a WPF project for the user interface and was hoping to use Expression Blend.  My question is - are projects created in Visual Studio 2008 compatible with the Expression Blend that is bundled with Visual Studio 2012?</p>
  
  <p>If not, then is there an older version of Expression Blend that can be used that is compatible with Visual Studio 2008?  If true, is there a link or download for it?  Are there any other graphic design programs that produce good XAML that will be compatible with VS 2008?</p>