Can one write Conditional XAML?

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It there a way to make the same xaml document be different depending on whether it is used in a WPF app of a Silverlight one.

in C# one can do the following

VB

#if !SILVERLIGHT
  //Some code
#else

 //Some different code
#end if

Is there a way to do the equivalent in Xaml.
This would be very useful if one uses same xaml file in both WPF and Silverlight projects.

I suspect the answer is no, but I thought it worth asking.
Thanks
Ken

Posted 29-Jul-10 23:29pm

KenJohnson

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Solution 2

No, but you can write conditional code in the code behind that sets styles or in converters that set properties.

We don't have conditional stuff in our code, but pretty much the entire layout/content is determined after reading database settings, and that's how we do it.

Posted 30-Jul-10 0:01am

#realJSOP

Solution 3

No,
both of them will run on different framework so we cannot use the same XAP for both.

Regards
siraz

Posted 17-Jan-12 22:11pm

sirazuddin

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Kubajzz · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-29T23:41:00

Solution 1

You are right, the answer is "no".

The following article offers a workaround, although it's a bumpy way to go...

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/blemmon/archive/2009/04/29/using-the-preprocessor-to-share-incompatible-xaml-between-sl-and-wpf-part-1.aspx

Posted 29-Jul-10 23:41pm

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