I am having some basic compile issues defining a BorderBrush.

I am having some basic compile issues defining a BorderBrush.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.border.borderbrush.aspx
states that you define a borderbrush like this:

myBorder1 = new Border();
myBorder1.BorderBrush = Brushes.SlateBlue;


but in my code, when I try
border1.BorderBrush = Brushes.SlateBlue;
I get
Error 1 The name 'Brushes' does not exist in the current context
and I have included the namespace
System.Windows.Controls
as a "using" statement at the top of the file
as well as a Reference to the project.
What am I missing?

 

The MS page you referenced is for WPF not Silverlight. I'm with you though, MSDN documentation is quite often misleading or sometimes just makes no sense at all.

In Silverlight you'd do something like this to create a border brush in code:
border.BorderBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.SlateBlue));