Adding a Merged Dictionary to a Merged Dictionary

Question

I can\'t seem to be able to add a merged dictionary to a collection of merged dictionaries within XAML.

Theme.xaml

Answer 1

Your sample code has a double equal sign in the App.xaml merged resource dictionary source for Palette.Blue.xaml. I'm assuming this is a typo for your example posted here, and not your real problem though.

It can be tricky to figure out how to link all the resources directly in XAML. The easiest way to do it is from the Resources panel in Blend. I created a Silverlight app with resource files named like your example, then opened the project in Blend and very quickly linked them together.

App.xaml

Theme.xaml

Template.xaml

Palette.Blue.xaml

MainPage.xaml

Of course, if you're linking resources from different assemblies it will look different. Actually, in that case, I'd suggest looking into merging your dictionaries in the code behind.