Style property - BasedOn - causing issue

Question

Hi,

I am hacking together some code from the internet to make a store app...but am having a problem with one part.

I have a button which has a style on it.  This style is based on another style...BasedOn="{StaticResource GlyphButtonStyle}"...see below.  NB I have striped out some code to make it simple.

Whenever I have the 'based on' part in the first style then the project will not debug into the breakpoint on page load....it just shows a black page.  Once I remove the 'based on' part then it debugs into the breakpoint on page load.  NB The button looks fine on the xaml page in VS. 

Am I missing something?

Thanks

 

 

        <Style TargetType="Button" x:Key="AddGlyphButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource GlyphButtonStyle}">
            <Setter Property="AutomationProperties.Name" Value="Add a New" />
            <Setter Property="Content" Value="&#xE109;" />
        </Style>

 

 <Style TargetType="Button" x:Key="GlyphButtonStyle">
        <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Segoe UI Symbol" />
        <Setter Property="Margin" Value="0" />
        <Setter Property="Padding" Value="0" />
        <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="18" />
 </Style>

Answer 1

I could not reproduce this using Windows 8.1 VS2013 Update 2.

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Answer 2

Hi,

Sorry I should have included all relevant code.

I have the above code in a resource dictionary file...this is all the code you will need in the file.  Then in my xaml page...which has a reference to the resource dictionary file...I have the below code.

 <Button    AutomationProperties.Name="Add a Receipt" Margin="128,10,10,10"
                                    Style="{StaticResource AddGlyphButton}" />

Thanks for all help.