I work on a WPF project with many UserControls and I'm trying to put some sanity in my WPF resources.
A base file contains generic stuff needed by all views, such as colors:
<!-- Resources.xaml -->
<Color x:Key="FlashOrange">#F59500</Color>
Then, a resource file specific to a view needs to reference FlashOrange:
<!-- ContactViewResources.xaml -->
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsActiveConversation}" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource FlashOrange}"/>
</DataTrigger>
Finally I'd like to "include" both in my UserControl. Unfortunately, with this approach I get an exception about {StaticResource FalshOrange} not being defined.
<!-- ContactView.xaml -->
<UserControl.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="..\Resources.xaml"/>
<ResourceDictionary Source="ContactViewResources.xaml"/>
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>
All the view files are in the same DLL assembly, and a separate EXE assembly runs
Thanks!