How to set a property to a DynamicResource reference in code

I recently needed to set a dependency property to a DynamicResource reference in code.  It’s easy enough to do in XAML, but a quick Google search turned up nothing which explained how to do it in the code-behind.  Hopefully this blog post will rectify that situation.

The magic method is FrameworkElement’s SetResourceReference.  Here is a quick demo:

XAML

DynamicResource reference in code (XAML)

C#

DynamicResource reference in code (C#)

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3 Responses to How to set a property to a DynamicResource reference in code

  1. Massimiliano says:
    December 4, 2007 at 7:04 am

    Great Josh! it’s great thing!

  2. anon says:
    January 31, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    Doesn’t work in VS2008 for me, but this worked (almost, not all resource keys worked?!):

    (Brush)new BrushConverter().ConvertFromString(“SomeResourceKey”);

  3. Abdolhosein V. Ebrahimi says:
    July 23, 2008 at 1:30 am

    Great, but is there any sort of GetResourceReference by which I can find the resource name which is used to set say for example Background of control?

    I need it to give ability to change font, color,… on the fly:
    1) user clicks on control ( in customization mode)
    2) It selected font and color and …

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