UserControl without app.xaml

[dkjonas]

Hi,

I have an application that uses the MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit. This application has a UserControl that uses several design elements from the toolkit. Works fine.

Now I have an other application, where I want to use the UserControl in a separate Window. I do however not want other controls in the app to use the material design, only this window. So I can't include the resources in the App.xaml. I thought I could just set the ResourceDictionary on the Window.Resources, or on the UserControl.Resources, but when I do so, the UserControl won't load but I get an exception like
Exception: Cannot find resource named 'MaterialDesignToolForegroundButton'. Resource names are case sensitive.

Any hints of how I can include the toolkit in one window only in a way that the user control can use it?

[dkjonas]

Changing the resources from Static to Dynamic in the UserControl solves most of the issue except one:

I have radio buttons that I style as a normal button like this:

 <RadioButton.Style>
     <Style TargetType="RadioButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource MaterialDesignRaisedButton}">
         <Style.Triggers>
             <Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
                 <Setter Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource SecondaryHueMidBrush}"/>
             </Trigger>
         </Style.Triggers>
     </Style>
 </RadioButton.Style>

Apparently I cant use a DynamicResource for a Style that is "BasedOn" another. Any ideas of how to resolve this problem?

[nicolaihenriksen]

@dkjonas Have you tried adding an explicit import of the resource dictionary containing the desired style? That is done on some of the demo app pages, like here for example. That should allow you to use the {StaticResource ...} for anything defined within that resource dictionary.