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damix911
damix911

Reputation: 4453

XAML ResourceDictionary same-assembly reference

I'm developing a WPF control library, and I need to reference a resource dictionary defined in the same assembly.

I managed to get it working with a separate-assembly reference.

<UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary
             Source="pack://application:,,,/MyLocalAssembly;component/Foo.xaml"/>
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>

While with a same-assembly reference it doesn't work, and raises an exception ("Cannot locate resource 'Foo.xaml'.") at load time. Note that in the designer everything works fine, no matter which method I use.

<UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary
             Source="pack://application:,,,/Foo.xaml"/>
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2347

Answers (1)

JSJ
JSJ

Reputation: 5691

Don't use absolute path for the resource dictionary. Simply use relative path reference.

For example,

<UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary
             Source="folder/Foo.xaml"/>
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>

Upvotes: 4

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