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Drake
Drake

Reputation: 2713

Where to place Resources

In my WPF application, I define a Style in my App.xaml and use it on other pages. But I want to compile my project into a .dll which requires me to delete App.xaml. So I need to place my Style somewhere else (preferably in a global place, not in every page that I make). Where can I put it and how can I use it?

I'm using MvvmCross by the way, but I don't think that's relevant.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 44

Answers (2)

RezaNoei
RezaNoei

Reputation: 1479

For global declarations, if you see the generated cs file for App.Xaml, you will see something like windowsForm's Program.cs file (Mixed with a Form partial class Codes).

here is a Part of this file: (App.i.g.cs)

    public void InitializeComponent() {
        if (_contentLoaded) {
            return;
        }
        _contentLoaded = true;

        #line 7 "..\..\App.xaml"
        this.StartupUri = new System.Uri("MainWindow.xaml", System.UriKind.Relative);

        #line default
        #line hidden
        System.Uri resourceLocater = new System.Uri("/WpfPlayground;component/app.xaml", System.UriKind.Relative);

        #line 1 "..\..\App.xaml"
        System.Windows.Application.LoadComponent(this, resourceLocater);

        #line default
        #line hidden
    }

Actually below line will forces the application to use your specific resouceDictionary file as a Global ResourceDictionary. 

        System.Windows.Application.LoadComponent(this, resourceLocater);

If you create a file that conforms App.xaml file (As you know this is the Main Entry-point of your EXE file), there will be no need to be depend on this file.

Note: App.i.g.cs is a AutoGenerated and you must conform the App.XAML rules.

Upvotes: 0

Igor Meszaros
Igor Meszaros

Reputation: 2127

Basically you create a new xaml anywhere you feel appropriate that contains <ResourceDictionary> and then you can load these Resource dictionaries where ever you want like:

 <Page.Resources>
  <ResourceDictionary>
    <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
      <ResourceDictionary Source="myresourcedictionary.xaml"/>
      <ResourceDictionary Source="myresourcedictionary2.xaml"/>
    </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
  </ResourceDictionary>
</Page.Resources>

More details here

Upvotes: 1

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