PageFunction and resources

Question

Hello,

given:

Code Snippet

<PageFunction

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

  xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"

  x:Class="Test.NewDeviceWizard"

  x:TypeArguments="sys:String">

How do I add a resources section?

<PageFunction.Resources></PageFunction.Resources>
results in 2 errors:

• The attachable property 'Resources' was not found in type 'PageFunction'.
• The tag 'PageFunction.Resources' does not exist in XML namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation'.
  

Intellisense/Code-completion (or however it is being called in VS2008 xaml editor) suggests:

<PageFunction`1.

But this invalidates the entire xaml file.

Answer 1

I think this is an issue with the XAML compiler, the XAML compiler should work correctly when parsing the Resources belonging to generic root element, I would greatly appreciate it if you could feedback this issue at the following connect site alongside with the repro code you pasted above:

https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/default.aspx?SiteID=212&wa=wsignin1.0

To workaround this issue, you might need to add the resources at code behind instead.

Hope this helps

Answer 2

I found out that you are't forced to reuse the root elements name:
  <TreeView><TreeView.Resources><!-- ...


instead you can use a baseclass's name or just the class name where the property was introduced:
  <TreeView><FrameworkElement.Resources><!-- ...
or
  <PageFunction [..]><Page.Resources><!-- ...
or
  <TreeView><ItemsControl.ItemTemplate><!-- ...

IntelliSense-mouse-hovering always shows it this way.

Answer 3

That's a nice workaround indeed, but I think that usage pattern is actually an implementation detail, and is sometimes confusing, I still suggest feedbacking this issue at connect

Thanks