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4imble
4imble

Reputation: 14426

How to access a UserControl's parent resources in WinRt Xaml

I have this xaml code:

<Common:LayoutAwarePage.Resources>
   <CollectionViewSource x:Name="cvs" IsSourceGrouped="true" />
</Common:LayoutAwarePage.Resources>
<Grid>
    <Full:TestSnapPage Name="MainView" />     
    ...

From within the codebehind of the UserControl, how can i access the CollectionViewSource?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2387

Answers (1)

Tilak
Tilak

Reputation: 30728

  1. Bind collectionviewsource to Tag and access it from code behind 

    < Full:TestSnapPage Name="MainView" Tag="{Binding Source={StaticResource cvs}}"/>

  2. Walk up to Parent page, and access resources in code behind

            var parentPage = GetParentsPage(this); 
        if (parentPage != null)
        {
           //parentPage.Resources["cvs"]
        }

        private ParentPage GetParentsPage(FrameworkElement @this)
        { 
            FrameworkElement temp = @this;
            while (temp.Parent != null)
            {

                if (temp.Parent is ParentPage)
                    return temp.Parent as ParentPage;

                temp = temp.Parent as FrameworkElement;
            }
            return null;
        }

  3. Use MVVMLight framework for communication between views (or between view models).

Upvotes: 2

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