Question

I have a XAMl string table that is working a treat when i need to refer to it from my controls in XAML.

However I could also do with being able to access it for use in other sections of code – such as validation messages in my model. As you cannot add a resource file to a silverlight I beed to use this.

someone must know what i need to call to get at the resource file, preferably strongly typed so intelli-sense can bail out my forgetfulness.

The Resource File definition

<ResourceDictionary
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:system="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib">

    <system:String x:Key="test">test</system:String>
</ResourceDictionary>

Answer 1

You can use the indexer to receive this. Once you have a reference to the resource dictionary, you can use:

string test = (string)resources["test"];

For details, see Referencing Resources from Code.