How to use Telerik with my own Dictionary.xaml

[Jeroen]

After some digging I still am not able to get this to work.
In short, I would like to use the Telerik Components with my own Dictionary.xaml.
Can someone please point me in the right direction or describe what needs to be done.

 

You time in this is much appreciated.

[Martin]

Hi,

Would you be able to specify what would you like to achieve?

There should be no issue with using them in a custom dictionary, as long as you have the needed assemblies referenced and the required namespaces defined. If you are using noXaml assemblies, you would need to have the controls' styles as well. It could be in the same dictionary or a merged dictionary in your App.xaml, included before your own resource dictionary.

A sample for that would be:

<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
                    xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
                    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MyCustomControl">
    <Style TargetType="local:MyCustomControl">
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="local:MyCustomControl">
                    <telerik:RadButton Content="{Binding}" />
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>
</ResourceDictionary>

and in App.xaml:

...
<Application.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Fluent;component/Themes/System.Windows.xaml" />
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/Telerik.Windows.Themes.Fluent;component/Themes/Telerik.Windows.Controls.xaml" />
            <ResourceDictionary Source="Dictionary1.xaml" />
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>

If you are using Xaml-included assemblies and StyleManager, you would not need the merged theme dictionaries, nor a reference to the theme assembly.

If you are using noXaml, you would need to merge the resources for each of our control assemblies that is used. You can find more information about that here and a note about design-time support here, that would do for you whatever is needed.

I hope that this sheds some light on the topic. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact us further.

Regards,
Martin
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