I have a UserControl that contains a color object as resource:
<UserControl.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
...
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<Color x:Key="BackgroundColor">Transparent</Color>
</ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>
There is a Grid as root element in this UserControl, that has a custom style in which I would like to reference the color resource above:
<Grid.Style>
<Style TargetType="Grid">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="FrameworkElement.IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Trigger.EnterActions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)">
<SplineColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.5" KeySpline="0.15,0.8 0.3,1" Value="LightBlue" />
</ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</Trigger.EnterActions>
<Trigger.ExitActions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<!-- Here is the problem -->
<ColorAnimation To="{DynamicResource BackgroundColor}" Duration="0:0:1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" />
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</Trigger.ExitActions>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Grid.Style>
Each time I run the app I get a XAML parse exception when the framework tries to set the style. If I reference the BackgroundColor
as StaticResource it works just fine, but I'm changing the resource in code behind at certain conditions so it has to be referenced dynamically.
How can I use the resource as a dynamic resource in this context?