ResourceDictionary in a separate assembly

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I have resource dictionary files  MenuTemplate xaml  ButtonTemplate xaml  etc  that I want to use in multiple separate applications  I could add them to the applications  assemblies  but it s better if I compile these resources in one single assembly and have my applications reference it  right    After the resource assembly is built  how can I reference it in the App xaml of my applications  Currently I use ResourceDictionary MergedDictionaries to merge the individual dictionary files  If I have them in an assembly  how can I reference them in xaml

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For UWP    lt ResourceDictionary Source  ms-appx      Namespace External Assembly     FOLDER     FILE   xaml    gt

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Resource-Only DLL is an option for you  But it is not required necessarily unless you want to modify resources without recompiling applications  Have just one common ResourceDictionary file is also an option  It depends how often you change resources and etc    lt ResourceDictionary Source  pack   application            lt MyAssembly gt  component  lt FolderStructureInAssembly gt   lt ResourceFile xaml gt    gt    MyAssembly - Just assembly name without extension  FolderStructureInAssembly - If your resources are in a folde  specify folder structure  When you are doing this it s better to aware of siteOfOrigin as well      WPF supports two authorities  application     and siteoforigin        The application     authority identifies application data files that   are known at compile time  including resource and content files  The   siteoforigin     authority identifies site of origin files  The scope   of each authority is shown in the following figure

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Using XAML   If you know the other assembly structure and want the resources in c  code  then use below code    ResourceDictionary dictionary   new ResourceDictionary     dictionary Source   new Uri  pack   application     WpfControlLibrary1 Component RD1 xaml   UriKind Absolute    foreach  var item in dictionary Values           operations      Output  If we want to use ResourceDictionary RD1 xaml of Project WpfControlLibrary1 into StackOverflowApp project   Structure of Projects     Resource Dictionary    Code Output     PS  All ResourceDictionary Files should have Build Action as  Resource  or   Page    Using C       If anyone wants the solution in purely c  code then see my this   solution

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Resource-Only DLL is an option for you  But it is not required necessarily unless you want to modify resources without recompiling applications  Have just one common ResourceDictionary file is also an option  It depends how often you change resources and etc    lt ResourceDictionary Source  pack   application            lt MyAssembly gt  component  lt FolderStructureInAssembly gt   lt ResourceFile xaml gt    gt    MyAssembly - Just assembly name without extension  FolderStructureInAssembly - If your resources are in a folde  specify folder structure  When you are doing this it s better to aware of siteOfOrigin as well      WPF supports two authorities  application     and siteoforigin        The application     authority identifies application data files that   are known at compile time  including resource and content files  The   siteoforigin     authority identifies site of origin files  The scope   of each authority is shown in the following figure

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An example  just to make this a 15 seconds answer - Say you have  quot styles xaml quot  in a WPF library named  quot common quot  and you want to use it from your main application project   Add a reference from the main project to  quot common quot  project Your app xaml should contain     lt Application Resources gt       lt ResourceDictionary gt           lt ResourceDictionary MergedDictionaries gt               lt ResourceDictionary Source  quot pack   application     Common component styles xaml quot   gt           lt  ResourceDictionary MergedDictionaries gt       lt  ResourceDictionary gt   lt  Application Resources gt

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Using XAML   If you know the other assembly structure and want the resources in c  code  then use below code    ResourceDictionary dictionary   new ResourceDictionary     dictionary Source   new Uri  pack   application     WpfControlLibrary1 Component RD1 xaml   UriKind Absolute    foreach  var item in dictionary Values           operations      Output  If we want to use ResourceDictionary RD1 xaml of Project WpfControlLibrary1 into StackOverflowApp project   Structure of Projects     Resource Dictionary    Code Output     PS  All ResourceDictionary Files should have Build Action as  Resource  or   Page    Using C       If anyone wants the solution in purely c  code then see my this   solution

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I m working with  NET 4 5 and couldn t get this working    I was using WPF Custom Control Library  This worked for me in the end      lt ResourceDictionary Source   MyAssembly component mytheme xaml    gt    source  http   social msdn microsoft com Forums en-US wpf thread 11a42336-8d87-4656-91a3-275413d3cc19

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Check out the pack URI syntax  You want something like this    lt ResourceDictionary Source  pack   application     YourAssembly component Subfolder YourResourceFile xaml   gt

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For UWP    lt ResourceDictionary Source  ms-appx      Namespace External Assembly     FOLDER     FILE   xaml    gt

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Check out the pack URI syntax  You want something like this    lt ResourceDictionary Source  pack   application     YourAssembly component Subfolder YourResourceFile xaml   gt

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Check out the pack URI syntax  You want something like this    lt ResourceDictionary Source  pack   application     YourAssembly component Subfolder YourResourceFile xaml   gt

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An example  just to make this a 15 seconds answer - Say you have  quot styles xaml quot  in a WPF library named  quot common quot  and you want to use it from your main application project   Add a reference from the main project to  quot common quot  project Your app xaml should contain     lt Application Resources gt       lt ResourceDictionary gt           lt ResourceDictionary MergedDictionaries gt               lt ResourceDictionary Source  quot pack   application     Common component styles xaml quot   gt           lt  ResourceDictionary MergedDictionaries gt       lt  ResourceDictionary gt   lt  Application Resources gt

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Check out the pack URI syntax  You want something like this    lt ResourceDictionary Source  pack   application     YourAssembly component Subfolder YourResourceFile xaml   gt

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I m working with  NET 4 5 and couldn t get this working    I was using WPF Custom Control Library  This worked for me in the end      lt ResourceDictionary Source   MyAssembly component mytheme xaml    gt    source  http   social msdn microsoft com Forums en-US wpf thread 11a42336-8d87-4656-91a3-275413d3cc19

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