Static Binding works compiled but not under designer - wpf

Question

The following code works fine when compiled but I can't get the Text="{x:Static local:SomeClass+Limits.Name}" to work in the designer. Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated! Thanks....
namespace StaticTest
{
public class SomeClass
{
public static class Limits
{
public const string Name = "It Works!";
}
}
}
<Window
x:Class="StaticTest.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:StaticTest"
Title="StaticTest"
Height="146"
Width="296"
WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen">
<TextBlock
Grid.Column="1"
Grid.Row="1"
Text="{x:Static local:SomeClass+Limits.Name}" />
</Window>

Answer 1

I got it. As it turns out you need to do something like the following:
using System;
namespace StaticTest
{
public abstract class AbstractViewModel<VM, LC>
where VM : new()
where LC : new()
{
public AbstractViewModel()
{
Limits = new LC();
}
static AbstractViewModel()
{
Instance = new VM();
}
public LC Limits { get; private set; }
public static VM Instance { get; private set; }
}
public class MainWindowViewModel :
AbstractViewModel<MainWindowViewModel, MainWindowViewModel.LimitsClass>
{
public class LimitsClass
{
public LimitsClass()
{
Lots = new MinMax<int>(1, 10);
}
public MinMax<int> Lots { get; private set; }
}
}
}
<Window
x:Class="StaticTest.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:StaticTest"
Title="StaticTest"
Height="146"
Width="296"
WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen">
<Grid>
<TextBlock
Text="{Binding Source={x:Static local:MainWindowViewModel.Instance}, Path=Limits.Lots.MaxValue}" />
</Grid>
</Window>

Answer 2

You need a binding as #H.B. says:
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Source={x:Static local:SomeClass+Limits.Name}}"/>
The VS2010 designer can't handle this, but it works fine in VS11 beta.