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Asked: 2026-05-12T12:52:56+00:00

I have resources in separate assemblies to be used by multiple WPF apps and

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I have resources in separate assemblies to be used by multiple WPF apps and this is working fine. Now I am creating a Silverlight 3 app and am trying to use the same assembly to get the same resources. I get an error at the time of adding a reference, saying only Silverlight assemblies can be referenced.
What’s the best way for me to do this? Must I have 2 separate sets of assemblies for resources – one for WPF and one for Silverlight? I would not like to maintain two distinct but identical resource assemblies…

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Note: “link-adding” a file resolved the issue of sharing the same xaml across multiple assemblies. However, to me, one major drawback is that this feature is not supported in Blend 3! Blend keeps trying to find the file locally in the project tree.

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    Unfortunately, .NET assemblies cannot be referenced from a Silverlight app.

    For details and possible solutions, see http://www.pagebrooks.com/archive/2008/10/11/sharing-code-between-.net-and-silverlight-platforms.aspx.

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