Reference external UserControl library

MinhHoangf

Hi all.

I have a WPF non-addin UserControl library. Now i want to use controls in this library in my AddIn Project.

I tried the following code

<customControl id="ucs_lib" caption="Text Color" className="ControlLibrary.XColorPickerViewModel" assembly="ControlLibrary.dll" loadOnClick="true" smallImage="GenericButtonPurple16" largeImage="GenericButtonPurple32">
	<content className="ControlLibrary.XColorPicker" assembly="ControlLibrary.dll" />
	<tooltip heading="Text color">
		<disabledText />
	</tooltip>
</customControl>

...

<group id="text_group">
    <customControl refID="ucs_lib" size="large" />
</group>

But this control not shown. What's wrong here?

What proper way to reference user control from non-addin library?

Thanks.

GKmieliauskas

Hi,

Do you want to use your custom control in ribbon or ProWindow/ Dockpanel?  

If you want to use it in ribbon, then create new ArcGIS Pro Custom Control and place your control inside.

For both cases you need to add reference to your library at the start of your xaml:

<UserControl x:Class="ProAppModule4.CustomControl1View"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"   
             xmlns:ui="clr-namespace:ProAppModule4"
             xmlns:extensions="clr-namespace:ArcGIS.Desktop.Extensions;assembly=ArcGIS.Desktop.Extensions"
             xmlns:myuc="clr-namespace:ControlLibrary.XColorPicker;assembly=ControlLibrary"
             mc:Ignorable="d" 
             d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300"
             d:DataContext="{Binding Path=ui.CustomControl1ViewModel}">
            <UserControl.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary>
            <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
                <extensions:DesignOnlyResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/ArcGIS.Desktop.Framework;component\Themes\Default.xaml"/>
            </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        </ResourceDictionary>
    </UserControl.Resources>
    <Grid >
        <myuc:XColorPicker />
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

And add your library reference to project.