Question

I have a Canvas being populated from a XAML load from a file using:

SBWindowContainerCanvas.Children.Clear();          
StreamReader stringreader = new StreamReader("C:\\xaml\\xmltest.xaml");
XmlReader xmlreader = XmlReader.Create(stringreader);

var mainborder = XamlReader.Load(xmlreader);                     
SBWindowContainerCanvas.Children.Add((Blacklight.Controls.ClippingBorder)mainborder);

The border contains many child elements including some user controls.

partial snippet of XAML file:

 <av:ContentControl Name="VisScoreCC" Width="417" Height="228" IsHitTestVisible="True" av:Canvas.Left="855" av:Canvas.Top="8" av:Selector.IsSelected="False">
  <fsp:Scores3DigitControl Name="Vis3DigitScoreControl" VisitorControl="True" OperatorControl="True" NumericValue="4" UseGradientMainBG="False" UseGradientNumberBG="False" UseGradientLogoBG="False" UseGradientTeamNameBG="False" UseRadialMainBG="False" UseRadialNumberBG="False" UseRadialLogoBG="False" UseRadialTeamNameBG="False" UseImageStringMainBG="False|none|False|Tile|Top Left|1" SolidColorMainBG="#FFD4D2D2" SolidColorNumberBG="#FF000000" SolidColorBannerBG="#FF000000" FGColorNumbers="#FFFF0000" FGColorTeamName="#FFFFFFFF" FGColorBanner="#FFFFA500" SolidColorImageLogoBG="#FF000000" SolidColorTeamNameBG="#FF000000" GradientMainBG="#FF000000|#FF808080|#FFFFFFFF" GradientNumberBG="#FF000000|#FF808080|#FFFFFFFF" GradientLogoBG="#FF000000|#FF808080|#FFFFFFFF" GradientTeamNameBG="#FF000000|#FF808080|#FFFFFFFF" GradientOffsetsMainBG="0|0.5|1" GradientOffsetsNumbersBG="0|0.5|1" GradientOffsetsLogoBG="0|0.5|1" GradientOffsetsTeamNameBG="0|0.5|1" LinearAngleMainBG="180" LinearAngleNumberBG="180" LinearAngleLogoBG="180" LinearAngleTeamNameBG="180" OffSegmentOpacity="0.1" RoundRadiusNumbers="0" RoundRadiusLogo="0" RoundRadiusTeamName="0" PosSizeStringNumbers="180|8|200|150" PosSizeStringLogo="20|10|150|150" PosSizeStringTeamName="25|165|360|60" TeamNameFontString="Arial|40|True" UseRightSideBanner="True" Style="{av:DynamicResource Scores3DigitControlTemplate}" Height="Auto" Margin="0,0,0,0" IsHitTestVisible="True" />
</av:ContentControl>
<av:ContentControl Name="HomeScoreCC" Width="417" Height="228" IsHitTestVisible="True" av:Canvas.Left="11" av:Canvas.Top="8" av:Selector.IsSelected="False">
  <fsp:Scores3DigitControl Name="Home3DigitScoreControl" VisitorControl="False" OperatorControl="True" NumericValue="4" UseGradientMainBG="False" UseGradientNumberBG="False" UseGradientLogoBG="False" UseGradientTeamNameBG="False" UseRadialMainBG="False" UseRadialNumberBG="False" UseRadialLogoBG="False" UseRadialTeamNameBG="False" UseImageStringMainBG="False|none|False|Tile|Top Left|1" TargetElementIndex="0" SolidColorMainBG="#FFD4D2D2" SolidColorNumberBG="#FF000000" SolidColorBannerBG="#FF000000" FGColorNumbers="#FFFF0000" FGColorTeamName="#FFFFFFFF" FGColorBanner="#FFFFA500" SolidColorImageLogoBG="#FF000000" SolidColorTeamNameBG="#FF000000" GradientMainBG="#FF000000|#FF808080|#FFFFFFFF" GradientNumberBG="#FF000000|#FF808080|#FFFFFFFF" GradientLogoBG="#FF000000|#FF808080|#FFFFFFFF" GradientTeamNameBG="#FF000000|#FF808080|#FFFFFFFF" GradientOffsetsMainBG="0|0.5|1" GradientOffsetsNumbersBG="0|0.5|1" GradientOffsetsLogoBG="0|0.5|1" GradientOffsetsTeamNameBG="0|0.5|1" LinearAngleMainBG="180" LinearAngleNumberBG="180" LinearAngleLogoBG="180" LinearAngleTeamNameBG="180" OffSegmentOpacity="0.1" RoundRadiusNumbers="0" RoundRadiusLogo="0" RoundRadiusTeamName="0" PosSizeStringNumbers="35|8|200|150" PosSizeStringLogo="250|10|150|150" PosSizeStringTeamName="25|165|360|60" TeamNameFontString="Arial|40|True" UseRightSideBanner="False" Style="{av:DynamicResource Scores3DigitControlTemplate}" OverridesDefaultStyle="False" Name="Home3DigitScoreControl" Height="Auto" IsHitTestVisible="True" />
</av:ContentControl>

When I want to get access to my controls in code-behind, I am not able to actually re-hook to the elements using:

Scores3DigitControl Vis3DigitScoreControlC = (Scores3DigitControl)SBWindowContainerCanvas.FindName("Vis3DigitScoreControl");
if (Vis3DigitScoreControlC == null)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Couldn't Find Vis");
}
else
{
    Vis3DigitScoreControlC.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
}

The UI Elements show up fine on the screen but I always get a “Couldn’t Find Vis” message. From everything I read so far, using the FindName should work as long as my element is a child somewhere in the canvas, right? What am I missing?

Thank you

Answer 1

FindName is generally used for getting elements from a template. In your case your probably best to use the LogicalTreeHelper

LogicalTreeHelper.FindLogicalNode(SBWindowContainerCanvas,
                                   "Vis3DigitScoreControl");