Set up application resources from code

Question

I have a c# project that was a WPF application but I now want to build it as a dll. I have previously done this by removing the app.xaml from the project and setting its bui

Answer 1

You have to create separate ResourceDictionary file e.g. Style.xaml that contains (don't forget namespaces)

<ResourceDictionary>
    <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Styles/Shared.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Styles/ToolBar.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Styles/GroupBox.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Styles/ZoomBox.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Styles/ScrollBar.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Styles/Expander.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/ApplicationToolbar.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/DesignerItem.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Styles/ToolboxItem.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Styles/Toolbox.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Connection.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Slider.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/ScrollViewer.xaml"/>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/StatusBar.xaml"/>
    </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>

end reference it in all of yours controls

Answer 2

This code works for me. I just changed the URIs to relative:

ResourceDictionary myResourceDictionary = new ResourceDictionary();

myResourceDictionary.Source = new Uri("Dictionary1.xaml", UriKind.Relative);
Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(myResourceDictionary);

myResourceDictionary.Source = new Uri("Dictionary2.xaml", UriKind.Relative);
Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(myResourceDictionary);

Answer 3

I think you need to specified the name of the component were the resource is sitting in

<ResourceDictionary Source="/<YourDllName>;component/Resources/Styles/Shared.xaml" />

If your dll is named My.Wpf.Component.dll you should put My.Wpf.Component

so in code it should be

Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(new ResourceDictionary { Source = new Uri(@"/<YourDllName>;component/Resources/Styles/Shared.xaml", UriKind.Relative) });