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Kelly Cline
Kelly Cline

Reputation: 2246

Why doesn't x:Static work in my WPF example?

[This is .Net 3.5.] I have seen a lot of examples that say, do it this way, so I must just be missing something:

I have a project with a Resources.resx file. In the Resources file are Strings that are Public. One of them is "Cancel", shown in this snippet from Resources.Designer.cs:

namespace WFT.PumpSvc.Bench.Properties {
    public class Resources {
        public static string Cancel {
            get {
                return ResourceManager.GetString("Cancel", resourceCulture);
            }
        }
...

Next, I have some xaml that has 

xmlns:strings="clr-namespace:WFT.PumpSvc.Bench.Properties"

and 

<wft:TouchButton Name="closeButton">"{x:Static strings:Resources.Cancel}"</wft:TouchButton>

(TouchButton inherits from Button.)

Instead of "Cancel" showing on my button, I see {x:Static strings:Resources.Cancel}. Is it obvious what I have missed that isn't finding the string?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1713

Answers (2)

brunnerh
brunnerh

Reputation: 185057

You made it a string, it won't be parsed like this, use element-syntax:

<wft:TouchButton Name="closeButton">
     <x:Static Member="strings:Resources.Cancel"/>
</wft:TouchButton>

Upvotes: 2

Thomas Levesque
Thomas Levesque

Reputation: 292545

You can't write a markup extension directly in an element (at least not in this form), it must be in an attribute:

<wft:TouchButton Name="closeButton" Content="{x:Static strings:Resources.Cancel}"></wft:TouchButton>

You can also write it like this:

<wft:TouchButton Name="closeButton">
    <x:Static Member="strings:Resources.Cancel" />
</wft:TouchButton>

Upvotes: 2

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