"hufaun***@yahoo.com" wrote:

> In XAML you can give a name to each element so you can access it in
> the code behind file. This works fine for a WPF application but not a
> Windows Form application. Here is what I do:
>
> 1) Create a new WinForm application project
> 2) Add a new WPF User Control
> 3) In the XAML file give the grid a name, i.e. <grid Name="grid1">
> 4) In the code behind file trying to add this.grid1 but it's not
> picked up.
>
> Another strange thing is that when I try to compile the project it
> does not see InitializeComponent. It says "The name
> InitializeComponent does not exist in the current context". I guess
> the two problem are related but how do I get it to work?
>
> Again, if in 1) I create a WPF project everything works just fine.
>
> Thanks
>
>

> 1. From command line, go to project folder
> 2. Notepad .csproj (or "vbproj")
> 3. In the csproj file, find this line:
>   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
> 4. Under this line, add the following line:
>   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.WinFx.targets" />
> 5. Now your project should compile without saying 'cannot find Initialize
> Component'
> 6. After the first compile, you should be able to access the elements
> defined in Xaml by using their name from code behind.
>
> Thx
>
> --
> Developer,
> Microsoft Office
>
>
>
> "hufaun***@yahoo.com" wrote:
> > In XAML you can give a name to each element so you can access it in
> > the code behind file. This works fine for a WPF application but not a
> > Windows Form application. Here is what I do:
>
> > 1) Create a new WinForm application project
> > 2) Add a new WPF User Control
> > 3) In the XAML file give the grid a name, i.e. <grid Name="grid1">
> > 4) In the code behind file trying to add this.grid1 but it's not
> > picked up.
>
> > Another strange thing is that when I try to compile the project it
> > does not see InitializeComponent. It says "The name
> > InitializeComponent does not exist in the current context". I guess
> > the two problem are related but how do I get it to work?
>
> > Again, if in 1) I create a WPF project everything works just fine.
>
> > Thanks- Hide quoted text -
>
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