Namespace Confusion

Question

I have a WPF app that I am trying to convert to a DLL. The problem is that I have a number of application level resources set up in my App.XAML. In the dll I am trying to set my resources programatically.

To load my resources programatically I have this:

ResourceDictionary myResourceDictionary = new ResourceDictionary();
myResourceDictionary.Source = new Uri("C:\\Users\\Ash\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2010\\Projects\\moo Process Flow Manager\\moo Process Flow Manager\\Resources\\Styles\\Shared.xaml");
Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(myResourceDictionary);
myResourceDictionary = new ResourceDictionary();
myResourceDictionary.Source = new Uri("C:\\Users\\Ash\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2010\\Projects\\moo Process Flow Manager\\moo Process Flow Manager\\Resources\\Styles\\ToolBar.xaml");
Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(myResourceDictionary);
myResourceDictionary = new ResourceDictionary();
myResourceDictionary.Source = new Uri("C:\\Users\\Ash\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2010\\Projects\\moo Process Flow Manager\\moo Process Flow Manager\\Resources\\Styles\\ZoomBox.xaml");
Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(myResourceDictionary);

This line:

myResourceDictionary.Source = new Uri("C:\\Users\\Ash\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2010\\Projects\\moo Process Flow Manager\\moo Process Flow Manager\\Resources\\Styles\\ZoomBox.xaml");

Throws the following error at runtime:

'Failed to create a 'Type' from the text 's:ZoomBox'.' Line number '5' and line position '12'.

With the inner exception:

{"Type reference cannot find type named '{clr-namespace:Arkitec.moo.ProcessFlowManager.Controls}ZoomBox'."}

Here is the line thats causing the error within zoombox.xaml:

<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
                    xmlns:s="clr-namespace:Arkitec.moo.ProcessFlowManager.Controls">

    <Style TargetType="{x:Type s:ZoomBox}">

Here is where the class is declared that it should be looking at in zoombox.cs:

namespace Arkitec.moo.ProcessFlowManager.Controls
{
    public class ZoomBox : Control
    {

Please let me know if you need anymore information.

EDIT: As per Guilammes answert I tried:

myResourceDictionary.Source = new Uri("Resources/Styles/Shared.xaml", UriKind.Relative);

But get the following error:

Cannot locate resource 'resources/styles/shared.xaml'.

I deleted my answer since, you edit your question.I Hope someone will help you more — Guillaume, Mar 19 '12 at 15:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 16 '12 at 12:03

Try to set the shared.xaml property as follow:

Build Action --> Page
copy to output directory --> do not copy
custom tool --> MSBuild:Compile

then refer the xaml as follow

new System.Uri("/YourNamespace;Resources/Styles/Shared.xaml", System.UriKind.Relative);

Namespace Confusion

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