codebehind a usercontrol makes elements private...

Question

Is this new behavior in the CP?

Will this remain for the release?

In Silverlight all elements auto-generated by the "InitializeComponent" function are Public...in the Win8 CP Metro all elements are private. This will lead to lots of code re-write in order to reuse Silverlight code on Metro. I just want to make sure that this is a new policy and not just a fluke in the CP.

Thanks,

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Chris Muench, MVP

Answer 1

And is it possible that Metros Styles do no longer allow dashes in the Key Name?

i.e: <FontFamily x:Key="C-LabsFont">Tahoma</FontFamily>

In a resource directory

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Chris Muench, MVP

Answer 2

Hi Chris,

sorry for the late reply, so to compare I generated a VS 2010 Silverlight Application:

internal System.Windows.Controls.Grid LayoutRoot;

internal System.Windows.Controls.Button button1;

internal System.Windows.Controls.CheckBox checkBox1;

private bool _contentLoaded;
...
public void InitializeComponent() {
    if (_contentLoaded) {
        return;
    }
    _contentLoaded = true;
    System.Windows.Application.LoadComponent(this, new System.Uri("/SilverlightApplica
    this.LayoutRoot = ((System.Windows.Controls.Grid)(this.FindName("LayoutRoot")));
    this.button1 = ((System.Windows.Controls.Button)(this.FindName("button1")));
    this.checkBox1 = ((System.Windows.Controls.CheckBox)(this.FindName("checkBox1")));
In VS 11 Beta, it was the same as above except a name wasn't autogenerated in the XAML.
Could you post a quick snippet of the change you are seeing?
much appreciated,
mike

 System.Windows.Controls.Grid LayoutRoot;
internal
 System.Windows.Controls.Button button1;
private
 bool _contentLoaded;
///
 <summary>
///
 InitializeComponent
///
 </summary>
[System.Diagnostics.
DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
public
 void InitializeComponent() {
if (_contentLoaded) {
return;
}
_contentLoaded = 
true;
System.Windows.
Application.LoadComponent(this, new System.Uri("/Silverlight
this.LayoutRoot = ((System.Windows.Controls.Grid)(this.FindName("LayoutRoot
this.button1 = ((System.Windows.Controls.Button)(this.FindName("button1")))

Answer 3

private System.Windows.Controls.Grid LayoutRoot;

private System.Windows.Controls.Button button1;

private System.Windows.Controls.CheckBox checkBox1

Declarations are now "private" no longer "internal"

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Chris Muench, MVP