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Asked: 2026-05-10T21:37:14+00:00

Is there a way to reuse a 3rd party control reference? For example, I

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Is there a way to reuse a 3rd party control reference?

For example, I have this referenced in my App.xaml

xmlns:cust='clr-namespace:ThirdParty.Controls;assembly=ThirdParty.Controls'

I don’t want to repeat this 3rd party control xml namespace on each page/control that needs a control from the library.

Is there anyway to centralize these references and use the prefix defined here? The possibility of each control having a different prefix is also worrisome. In asp.net you would put a reference in the web.config and it was available globally, I’m just looking to see if there is a similar method in WPF.

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  1. Two options I am thinking

    1) Wrap that control into a UserControl and then use your UserControl in all the places.

    2) Declare the third party control as a Resource somewhere and then use DynamicResource reference to that on your other places.

    The second option can be implemented as bellow.

    Where ever you want the third party control put a ContentControl like bellow

    <ContentControl Template='{DynamicResource thirdPartyControlTemplate}' />

    The ControlTemplate will be in the Resource file or at App.Xaml as bellow.

      xmlns:thridParty='clr-namespace:WpfCustomControlLibrary1;assembly=WpfCustomControlLibrary1'                > <Application.Resources>     <ControlTemplate x:Key='thirdPartyControlTemplate' TargetType='{x:Type ContentControl}'>         <thridParty:ThirdPartyControl />     </ControlTemplate> </Application.Resources>

    You can see that the namespace declaration will be always on this resource file and you will be able to use that Control control from any place

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