wpf ControlTemplate in DictionaryResource can not be resolved error

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I defined a ControlTemplate within the ResourceDictionary, the ControlTemplate like that

<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">

    <ControlTemplate x:Key="CTGelButton" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
        <Grid Width="100" Height="100">
            <Ellipse Stroke="#FF000000" Fill="#FF1C46E7" x:Name="OuterEllipse">
                <Ellipse.BitmapEffect>
                    <BevelBitmapEffect BevelWidth="8" EdgeProfile="BulgedUp" Smoothness="0.745"/>
                </Ellipse.BitmapEffect>
            </Ellipse>
            <Ellipse Margin="8,8,8,8" x:Name="InnerEllipse">
                <Ellipse.Fill>
                    <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0" SpreadMethod="Pad">
                        <GradientStop Color="#FF1C46E7" Offset="0"/>
                        <GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="1"/>
                    </LinearGradientBrush>
                </Ellipse.Fill>
            </Ellipse>
            <ContentPresenter VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Content="{TemplateBinding Content}"/>
        </Grid>
    </ControlTemplate>



</ResourceDictionary>

and I want tp apply this ControlTemplate to a button, within the window.xaml code like that

Window x:Class="ControlTemplate.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Window.Resources>

    </Window.Resources>
    
    <Grid>
        <StackPanel >

            <Button Content="Hello" Width="50" Height="50" Template="{DynamicResource CTGelButton}" Click="Button_Click" />

        </StackPanel>
    </Grid>
</Window>

but window.xaml shows warning saying "CTGelButton can not be resolved", when I run it there is no button appear.
how can I fix that? how can I use ControlTemplate as DynamicResource?
did I miss something here?
could anyone help me please?

Posted 15-Mar-12 23:28pm

Alimjan Yasin

Updated 15-Mar-12 23:32pm

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Wayne Gaylard · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-15T23:58:00

You need to include the original Resource Dictionary as a resource in your Window.XAML file

HTML

<Window x:Class="ControlTemplate.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Window.Resources>
            <ResourceDictionary>
                <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
                    <ResourceDictionary Source="yourResourceDictionary.xaml" />
            </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
    etc

or you could include it in your App.XAML file if you want it available to all XAML files in your project.

ben.m.s · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-18T11:43:00

Hi,

I had the same problem as you and this is the solution it worked for me:

1.- Right click on the project name and select "Unload Project".
2.- Right click on the project name and select "Edit <<Project name>>"
3.- Search the resource file name, let say MyResource. You will find something like:

XML

<Content Include="Skins\MyResource.xaml">
  <SubType>Designer</SubType>
  <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
  <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</Content>

4.- Replace it with:

XML

<Content Include="Skins\MyResource.xaml">
  <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
  <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
  <SubType>Designer</SubType>
  <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
  <SubType>Designer</SubType>
</Content>

5.- Close the project file.
6.- Right click on the project name and select "Reload project".
7.- Cleck the problem is gone and Visual Studio can load resources at Design time.

I did not check if the solution comes for the change in the order of the XML tags or it comes due to the double "Generator" and "SubType" tags. I had no time to find it out.

I hope this may help some one.

Benjamin

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