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WPF - Resize window from user control on run time

My application works with main window and user controls for every view.
the main window have default size.
I want that one of the user controls will change its size when entering the view.
when i change the size with local it changes the user control and not the width and height of the window.
Main window :
<Window x:Class="EEPromTool2.View.MainMenu"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:viewmodels="clr-namespace:EEPromTool2.ViewModel"
xmlns:views="clr-namespace:EEPromTool2.View"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:EEPromTool2.View"
Background="#191919"
WindowStyle="None"
ResizeMode="CanResizeWithGrip" AllowsTransparency="True"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="EEPROM Tool" Height="680" Width="1000"
>
User control :
<UserControl x:Class="EEPromTool2.View.Revision"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="900"
d:DesignWidth="1300"
>
Thanks for any advice.

Unable to fill entire space with WPF control in WinForm

I created Wpf UserControl and am hosting it in WinForm.
<UserControl x:Class="Sapphire.WpfUserControl"
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"
mc:Ignorable="d" Height="527" Width="992">
<Canvas x:Name="videoCanvas" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" >
<Label Canvas.ZIndex="2" Content="Label" Canvas.Left="165" Canvas.Top="50" Width="125" Foreground="#FFFFFEFF"/>
<MediaElement x:Name="videoElement" Canvas.ZIndex="1" Canvas.Left="10" Canvas.Top="10" />
</Canvas>
As shown in designer file this WPF control is hosted through HostElement:
//
// elementHost1
//
this.elementHost1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
this.elementHost1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
this.elementHost1.Name = "elementHost1";
this.elementHost1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1130, 593);
this.elementHost1.TabIndex = 2;
this.elementHost1.Text = "elementHost1";
this.elementHost1.Child = this.wpfUserControl1;
So it looks all correct. You also can see that the DockStyle is Fill.
However, the WPF control does not fill the entire WinForm and always shows up of a size as set and displayed in Designer.
I removed the Height and Width both from Canvas and from MediaElement that Canvas contains but it did not have any effect...
I'd appreciate if somebody can point out what I am doing wrong here - I am new to WPF.

You need to remove the Width and Height of the <UserControl> so that the containing ElementHost controls the size of the contained elements:
<UserControl x:Class="Sapphire.WpfUserControl"
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"
mc:Ignorable="d">
If you want a specific size in the designer, you can use d:DesignHeight and d:DesignWidth attributes:
<UserControl x:Class="Sapphire.WpfUserControl"
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"
mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignHeight="527" d:DesignWidth="992">

Set window icon correctly and happening XamlParseException

I set window icon property in xaml code or in the properties window correctly in a very simple wpf application, but visual studio always throws an XamlParseException at runtime. Why is this happening?(using visual studio 2013 and windows 8, my icon size is 15 KB)
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525" Icon="pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Resources/MyIcon.ico">
<Grid>
</Grid> </Window>
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525" Icon="/Resources/MyIcon.ico">
<Grid>
</Grid> </Window>

It is a problem with your image Build Action Property, check the arrows for further info..

Hide the default resizegrip in wpf

Is it possible to hide the default resize grip in wpf, I have a custom window without handles on the sides and are currently using:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Window1" Height="100" Width="200" ResizeMode="CanResizeWithGrip">
<Grid></Grid>
</Window>
I know it's possible to just change ResizeMode="CanResize" but this is the only way to resize the window that I can think of.

Yes you can take out the default resize grip from the Window. You need to override the WindowTemplate. Here is how you would do in XAML:
<Window x:Class="MyNamespace.MyWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
WindowStyle="None"
ResizeMode="CanResizeWithGrip"
AllowsTransparency="True">
<Window.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Border>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Window.Template>
</Window>
Within the "Border" will go everything that you need to display in the Window (e.g. a TextBox). Then if you want your custom ResizeGrip you can define that as well. Hope this helps.

Looking to find how to add resize button

Hello:
I have been experimenting with WPF this afternoon, Im wondering does anyone know how I can manually enable resizing ? I have my main windows set with the following properties which removes the close/min/max and resize;
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525" AllowsTransparency="True"
WindowStyle="None" Background="Maroon" ResizeMode="CanResize">
</Window>
I have found how to add my own close/min/max buttons but have not found how to enable resizing.

ResizeMode="CanResizeWithGrip"