Adding Items to Dictionary Property From Xaml File

Question

I have added a Dictionary property named Xy in the user control I developed. The dictionary type is Dictionary<int, string>

While using the user control in a wpf application, I need to add these items to the dictionary from the xaml file of the application.

0,"a.bmp"
1,"b.bmp"

How can I do this?

The user control code is given below

public partial class UserControl1 : UserControl
    {         
        private Dictionary<int, string> xy = new Dictionary<int, string>();

        public Dictionary<int, string> Xy
        {
            get
            {
                return xy;
            }
            set
            {
                xy = value;
            }
        }
    }

Edit
The basic idea is to add a set of value, image name pairs to the disctionary from the xaml file. Sample pairs are given below

0,"a.bmp"
1,"b.bmp"

If value 0 is set some property, show image a.bmp
If value 1 is set some property, show image b.bmp

Is that possible?

So unclear. Are you asking how to load the Dictionary or how to return the value from one item in the Dictionary? — paparazzo, Aug 27 '12 at 13:19
I think your question is crystal clear, wonder why there are unrelated answers. — Andrey Shchekin, Feb 04 '13 at 22:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 04 '13 at 22:03

This may work:

<u:UserControl1>
   <u:UserControl1.Xy>
      <sys:String x:Key="0">a.bmp</sys:String>
      <sys:String x:Key="1">b.bmp</sys:String>
   </u:UserControl1.Xy>
</u:UserControl1>

Not sure about the key conversion though, you may need to use something like <x:Key><sys:Int32>0</sys:Int32></x:Key> for that. But try the simpler approach first.

Adding Items to Dictionary Property From Xaml File

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