Access application resources in WPF User Control Library

Question

I have a WPF user control library project. In this same project I have a resource file, and I include it in my user control resources like this:

<UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="../Styles/Globals.xaml"/>
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>

How can I access this resource from code behind? When I try to access Application.Current.Resources it is empty.

Thanks

EDIT: I realized this is because the resource is member of the user control and not a member of the application. (In the user control library project I can't add resources in the application level).

But, because I am using MVVM I don't have acces from my viewmodel to the user control, so how can I reach the style in the user control's resource?

Answer 1

You can access the styles like

Style style = Application.Current.FindResource("ResourceName") as Style;

where 'ResourceName' is from 'Styles/Globals.xaml'

Answer 2

Something like this worked for me:

<Application x:Class="MyApp.App"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
         StartupUri="MainWindow.xaml">
<Application.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/MyLibraryNamespace;component/rdImages.xaml" />
            <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/MyLibraryNamespace;component/rdColorImages.xaml" />
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/rdStyles.xaml" />
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/rdStringResourceEN.xaml" />
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>

First two resource dictionaries are from external library (Styles, Drawing Brushes), last two are local (included in my project - Styles, Strings).