<src:myForm
<!--Other Goodies, Intentional space, get a smile if not-->
xmlns: src="clr-namespace:mynamespace;assembly=myassembly"
>
</>
The problem with that is I get this error upon compiling
cannot be the root of a XAML file because it was defined using XAML. Line 2 Position 2.
As well as some other messages regarding schema(not errors). What am I missing because this is driving me nuts.
I'm not aware of any way to define a namespace before the root node, but it might be possible using metadata. Otherwise, I think you're pretty much messed as far as declaring a CustomWindow in XAML. Code should be well enough, but that defeats the point.
If you really can't extend Windows and reference them as root nodes in XAML (which does seem pretty lousy to me), there might be another way to get the functionality you're looking for.
It's not that you're defining and using the namespace in the same element. The following is perfectly legal: (spaces intentional to avoid emoticons)
<Label Content="{x: Static sys: DateTime.Now}" xmlns: sys="clr-namespace: System;assembly=mscorlib"/>
But it's not possible to inherit a from a custom window in XAML. I forget the full reason why, but if I recall it has to do with how XAML is loaded. What I've done in create a class that inherits from a panel such as grid or dock panel and then use that class as the root element for all of my windows. I don't know if that will work for you though. You could also try creating a style for Window in App.xaml.
Hello, Carole is right. You can’t inherit a Window if the parent Window is defined in XAML. But in your case, it seems that it’s not difficult to define your parent Window in pure code. So just use pure code to define your parent Window, and then you can inherit it in XAML.
