Run time dependency on http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation

Question

Hi,

I have a method that returns some Xaml at runtime to create a control template:

string GetTemplate(string strImage, string strType, string strDetail)
        {
            string strXaml = String.Format(@"
                <ControlTemplate xmlns=""http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"">
                    <Grid Width=""145"">
                      	 <Rectangle Fill=""#FFE7E7E7"" Margin=""0"" Stroke=""Black"" RadiusX=""5"" RadiusY=""5"" Width=""145"" Opacity=""0.6""/>
							<Image Margin=""2,1,0,0"" Source=""{0}.png"" RenderTransformOrigin=""1.66,1.29"" Stretch=""Fill"" HorizontalAlignment=""Left"" Width=""40"" Height=""40""/>
							<TextBlock Margin=""45,1,0,0"" TextWrapping=""Wrap"" Text=""{1}"" Height=""20"" VerticalAlignment=""Top"" FontWeight=""Bold""/>
                            <TextBlock Margin=""45,16,10,6"" TextWrapping=""Wrap"" Text=""{2}""/>
                    </Grid>
                </ControlTemplate>", strImage, strType, strDetail);

            return strXaml;
        }

Then used like this: 

eEventGfx.Symbol.ControlTemplate =
                        XamlReader.Load(GetTemplate("pandemic", "Pandemic", oEvent.Name)) as ControlTemplate;

What I am wondering - does this create a runtime dependencies on http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation?

Since my application does not have access to the internet.

Thank you.

Mat

Answer 1

No, it doesn't in any way create a runtime dependency on internet or over the url. Its just a default namespace declaration interpreted by Xaml parser which is obviously built into Silverlight.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_namespace for details about the XML namespace. I have quoted most relevant stuff to your query, below
"The namespace specification does not require nor suggest that the namespace URI be used to retrieve information; it is simply treated by an XML parser as a string"

Answer 2

Thank you.