Is there any how to make control without xaml ?

Question

Is there any how to make control without Generic.xaml ?

When we use templete control , Normally we made a custom control using  geniri.xaml  to make make up control templet.

 

without Generic.xaml  is it possiable to make up   control templet  that contained many component like a button stackpannel.

this is my sample code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime;
using Windows.UI;
using Windows.UI.Xaml;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Data;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Documents;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Input;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Media;


namespace derrick_test
{
	public  class DerrickPanel : Control
	{
		private StackPanel parentPanel;
		private TextBlock testBlock;
		

		public DerrickPanel()
		{
			this.DefaultStyleKey = typeof(DerrickPanel);

			parentPanel = new StackPanel();
			testBlock = new TextBlock();
			parentPanel.Orientation = Orientation.Vertical;
			parentPanel.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
			testBlock.Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Aqua);
			testBlock.Text = " hello World ";
			parentPanel.Children.Add(testBlock);

		}

	}
}

  Best Regrads Derrick.

Answer 1

I've had this question before, but never had a answer for it.  I'll ask again.

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Matt Small - Microsoft Escalation Engineer - Forum Moderator
If my reply answers your question, please mark this post as answered.

NOTE: If I ask for code, please provide something that I can drop directly into a project and run (including XAML), or an actual application project. I'm trying to help a lot of people, so I don't have time to figure out weird snippets with undefined objects and unknown namespaces.

Answer 2

Here's one solution that I found:

public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
  public MainPage()
  {
    this.InitializeComponent();
  }

  protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
  {
    DerrickPanel D = new DerrickPanel();
    MyGrid.Children.Add(D);
  }
}


public class DerrickPanel : Control
{
  private StackPanel parentPanel;
  private TextBlock testBlock;

  public DerrickPanel()
  {
    this.DefaultStyleKey = typeof(DerrickPanel);
    this.Template = DerrickPanel.CreateTemplate();
  }

     
  private static ControlTemplate CreateTemplate()
  {
    string xaml = "<ControlTemplate xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation\">";
    xaml += "<StackPanel Orientation=\"Vertical\" Background=\"Red\">";
    xaml += "<TextBlock Foreground=\"Aqua\">Hello World</TextBlock>";
    xaml += "</StackPanel>";
    xaml += "</ControlTemplate>";
    var сt = (ControlTemplate)XamlReader.Load(xaml);
    return сt;
  }
}

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Matt Small - Microsoft Escalation Engineer - Forum Moderator
If my reply answers your question, please mark this post as answered.

NOTE: If I ask for code, please provide something that I can drop directly into a project and run (including XAML), or an actual application project. I'm trying to help a lot of people, so I don't have time to figure out weird snippets with undefined objects and unknown namespaces.

Answer 3

If your custom control is simply made up off other controls, like StackPanels and TextBlocks, like the DerrickPanel class in the code you have posted you should create a UserControl.

Then there is no need to define a control template at all but just define the layout of the control as the Content of the UserControl itself.

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