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Luuke
Luuke

Reputation: 141

Using a WPF control template from a program library in a WPF project

I have a program library in which I have control templates for WPF controls. Now I want to include or use this program library as a .dll in another WPF project. Is it possible to use these control templates from the library in the XAML of the WPF project?

If yes, how do I do that?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 214

Answers (1)

mm8
mm8

Reputation: 169360

  • Define your control templates in a resource dictionary in a WPF Class Library or similar

  • Add a reference to the class library from the WPF application project

  • Reference the resource dictionary using a pack URI in the App.xaml.cs class of the WPF application:

      <Application x:Class="WpfApp1.App"
               xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
               xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
               StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
      <Application.Resources>
          <ResourceDictionary>
              <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
                  <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/YourClassLibrary;component/YourResourceDictionary.xaml"
              </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
          </ResourceDictionary>
      </Application.Resources>
  </Application>

You should then be able to reference any resource in the resource dictionary in the class library as usual.

Upvotes: 3

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