"nested" XAML ?

I would ideally like to do the equivalent of #include in a markup file, to
shop my applications resources becoming unwieldy. Is there a way to do it ?

For example

----MyApp.xaml--------
....
<somehow include "MyStyles.xaml">
<Somehow include "MyControlTemplates.xaml">
....


--
Griff
(trying to make an industrial UI with XAML/WPF/c#)

Griff wrote:

> I would ideally like to do the equivalent of #include in a markup
> file, to shop my applications resources becoming unwieldy. Is there a
> way to do it ?

You can include external ResourceDictionary like so:

<ResourceDictionary Source="MyResources.xaml"/>

Where the file MyResources.xaml is part of your build and is marked as type
"Content" so it is built into the assembly correctly.

HTH,
Drew

I'm still not sure I understand.

are you saying that
- in MyApp.xaml I would put

<ResourceDictionary Source="myStyles.xaml">

- and Styles.xaml would look like
<ResourceDictionary
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/avalon/2005"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/xaml/2005">
....
<Style ...../>
...
</ResourceDictionary>


So far I have not managed to get any sort of permutation working.

I get clean compile then runtime error such as
"Cannot assign value 'Styles.xaml' to property
'System.Windows.ResourceDictionary.Source'



--
Griff
(trying to make an industrial UI with XAML/WPF/c#)


"Drew Marsh" wrote:

> Griff wrote:
>
> > I would ideally like to do the equivalent of #include in a markup
> > file, to shop my applications resources becoming unwieldy. Is there a
> > way to do it ?
>
> You can include external ResourceDictionary like so:
>
> <ResourceDictionary Source="MyResources.xaml"/>
>
> Where the file MyResources.xaml is part of your build and is marked as type
> "Content" so it is built into the assembly correctly.
>
> HTH,
> Drew
>
>
>

Griff wrote:

> I'm still not sure I understand.
>
> are you saying that - in MyApp.xaml I would put

Yes, you can put it in MyApp.xaml or any other place that takes a ResourceDictionary
instance...

> <ResourceDictionary Source="myStyles.xaml">
>
> - and Styles.xaml would look like
> <ResourceDictionary
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/avalon/2005"
> xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/xaml/2005">
> ...
> <Style ...../>
> ..
> </ResourceDictionary>

That is also correct, sorry I left that part out.

> So far I have not managed to get any sort of permutation working.
>
> I get clean compile then runtime error such as
> "Cannot assign value 'Styles.xaml' to property
> 'System.Windows.ResourceDictionary.Source'

Hmm... yeah this is starting to ring a bell now, maybe I'm forgetting something.
Did you also select to copy the Styles.xaml to the build directory? I think
that might be the part I was missing.

HTH,
Drew

See http://www.designerslove.net/2005/09...es-use-em.html
for an example.

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"Drew Marsh" <drub0y@hotmail.no.spamming.com> wrote in message
news:f01844f1e7c5c8c7e669faec2982@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Griff wrote:
>
>> I'm still not sure I understand.
>>
>> are you saying that - in MyApp.xaml I would put
>
> Yes, you can put it in MyApp.xaml or any other place that takes a
> ResourceDictionary instance...
>
>> <ResourceDictionary Source="myStyles.xaml">
>>
>> - and Styles.xaml would look like
>> <ResourceDictionary
>> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/avalon/2005"
>> xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/xaml/2005">
>> ...
>> <Style ...../>
>> ..
>> </ResourceDictionary>
>
> That is also correct, sorry I left that part out.
>
>> So far I have not managed to get any sort of permutation working.
>>
>> I get clean compile then runtime error such as
>> "Cannot assign value 'Styles.xaml' to property
>> 'System.Windows.ResourceDictionary.Source'
>
> Hmm... yeah this is starting to ring a bell now, maybe I'm forgetting
> something. Did you also select to copy the Styles.xaml to the build
> directory? I think that might be the part I was missing.
>
> HTH,
> Drew
>
>

I started originally with the example from

http://www.designerslove.net/2005/09...es-use-em.html

But I find that when I do exactly that

either
- I designate the separate file as "content" (and copy to output dir) and
get the runtime error

Error at element 'ResourceDictionary' in markup file 'myapp.xaml' : Cannot
assign value 'Colours1.xaml' to property
'System.Windows.ResourceDictionary.Source'..

or
- I designate the separate file as "compile" and get the following compile
error for my separate resource dictionary file:

A namespace does not directly contain members such as fields or methods

or
- I designate the separate file as "page" and then start getting different
runtime errors concerning bits of my myapp.xaml that previously worked.
(For example, not being allowed <RowDefinition /> inside a grid inside a
control template, though previously this was accepted).


I note that the "Designers Love .NET" example claimed to be compatible with
Sept CTP. Maybe this all got broken in Nov ?





--
Griff
(trying to make an industrial UI with XAML/WPF/c#)


"Nick Kramer [MSFT]" wrote:

> See http://www.designerslove.net/2005/09...es-use-em.html
> for an example.
>
> --
> -Nick Kramer [MSFT]
> http://blogs.msdn.com/nickkramer
>
> ---
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
> http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
>
>
> "Drew Marsh" <drub0y@hotmail.no.spamming.com> wrote in message
> news:f01844f1e7c5c8c7e669faec2982@msnews.microsoft.com...
> > Griff wrote:
> >
> >> I'm still not sure I understand.
> >>
> >> are you saying that - in MyApp.xaml I would put
> >
> > Yes, you can put it in MyApp.xaml or any other place that takes a
> > ResourceDictionary instance...
> >
> >> <ResourceDictionary Source="myStyles.xaml">
> >>
> >> - and Styles.xaml would look like
> >> <ResourceDictionary
> >> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/avalon/2005"
> >> xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/xaml/2005">
> >> ...
> >> <Style ...../>
> >> ..
> >> </ResourceDictionary>
> >
> > That is also correct, sorry I left that part out.
> >
> >> So far I have not managed to get any sort of permutation working.
> >>
> >> I get clean compile then runtime error such as
> >> "Cannot assign value 'Styles.xaml' to property
> >> 'System.Windows.ResourceDictionary.Source'
> >
> > Hmm... yeah this is starting to ring a bell now, maybe I'm forgetting
> > something. Did you also select to copy the Styles.xaml to the build
> > directory? I think that might be the part I was missing.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Drew
> >
> >
>
>
>