C# WP8 Resource file string limit - c#

I want to give the user the option to change language so I created two resource files, one for Portuguese and another for English (US).
For the name field I'm giving it names like String1, String2, String3, etc... And in the value field I'm writing the names of my buttons, for PT and EN.
I'm using the following code in my xaml file to bind the strings to my buttons:
<Button Content="{Binding Resources.String5, Source={StaticResource Strings}}" BorderThickness="0" VerticalContentAlignment="Bottom" FontSize="29.333">
<Button.Background>
<ImageBrush Stretch="Uniform" ImageSource="images/Warning-icon.png"/>
</Button.Background>
</Button>
The problem is in String5. It doesn't show up. It works great for String1 to String4, but after that it doesn't show anymore strings.
Image: http://snag.gy/PLcET.jpg
Is there any string limit for a resource file?

Solved. Besides the PT and EN resource files I also have a String resource file. That is the original file that I created. PT and EN files are a copy of it with the respective culture code (pt-PT and en-US). I had to add String5 in that file as well.

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Create C#/WPF Button using a Wingding or Webding font Character [duplicate]

I'm trying to do this:
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Text,
Converter={StaticResource stringFormatConverter},
ConverterParameter='&\u2014{0}'}" />
To get a — to appear in front of the text. It doesn't work. What should I be doing here?
Since XAML is an XML file format you could try the XML character escape. So instead of writing &\u2014, you could write — instead.
In xaml I did it like this:
<Button Grid.Column="1" Grid.RowSpan="2" Name="start" Margin="5" Click="start_Click">
<TextBlock Name="test" FontFamily="pack://application:,,,/Y_Yoga;Component/Resources/#FontAwesome"></TextBlock>
</Button>
Hope to be helpful!
I came to this page for some other reason, but this does not include the easiest and the obvious solution.
This is what I do.
Maintain a static class with all the Unicode values.
public static class Icons
{
public const string IconName = "\u2014";
}
And then just bind it wherever you need it.
<TextBlock Text="{x:Static resources:Icons.IconName}" FontFamily="..."/>
This also helps you out with maintenance, all icons would be in one place to manage.
From Microsoft documentation:
Markup files that are created in Microsoft Visual Studio are
automatically saved in the Unicode UTF-8 file format, which means that
most special characters, such as accent marks, are encoded correctly.
However, there is a set of commonly-used special characters that are
handled differently. These special characters follow the World Wide
Web Consortium (W3C) XML standard for encoding.
What this means is that you can do zalgo for all you care
Bit of code that is relevant:
<Label Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="3" FontWeight="ExtraBlack">STAGE:Mͣͭͣ̾ Vͣͥͭ͛ͤͮͥͨͥͧ̾</Label>
Save the file as UTF-8. In Visual Studio, you can do this by going "File" → "Advanced Save Options".
The UTF-32 syntax in WPF/XAML is like so:   󱬊
<TextBlock Text="foo 󱬊 bar"
FontFamily="Material Design Icons" />
This example is using the Material Design Icons desktop font (glyph dump here)

How to set TextBlock text property to a string resource?

I've been following this tutorial Using String resources (xaml) to set up string resources, in a Windows Universal project. But even though I've set the Uid of the text block to the string resource name, the string contents aren't displayed in the text block during testing the app.
Does anyone know where I might be missing a step in setting up the string resource
as the text block text value?
This is the xaml definition for the text block, showing the Uid set to the same name as the name of the string in resources "About":
<TextBlock x:Uid="About"
Grid.Row="1"
Grid.RowSpan="2"
Width="400"
Height="300"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Text=""
TextWrapping="Wrap" />
This is the res file itself:
And this is the structure of the source tree:
Resources files when accessed using UID are usually of the type Controlname.Property for which you want to bind.
So it should be About.Text not About tested And Working

'Provide value on 'System.Windows.Baml2006.TypeConverterMarkupExtension' threw an exception.'

The exception in the title is thrown when I open a window in WPF, the strange thing is that this does not happen on my Windows 7 development machine nor does it happen when it is deployed on Windows 7.
I only get this error on Windows XP, and only the second time that I open the window.
Here is the code to open the window:
ReportParametersWindow win = null;
bool canOverWrite = _shownReports.Contains(rpt.FriendlyName);
if (!(canOverWrite))
win = new ReportParametersWindow(rpt.FriendlyName, rpt.ReportParameters, canOverWrite);
else
win = new ReportParametersWindow(rpt.FriendlyName, (container.ParametersWindow as ReportParametersWindow).Controls, canOverWrite);
win.ShowDialog();
And the XAML for the window:
<Window xmlns:my="clr-namespace:MHA.Modules.Core.Controls;assembly=MHA.Modules.Core"
x:Class="MHA.Modules.Reports.Views.ReportParametersWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="Parameters" Height="500" Width="600" MinWidth="500" MaxHeight="500"
Icon="/MHA.Modules.Reports;component/Images/Parameters.ico" SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight"
WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
xmlns:odc="clr-namespace:Odyssey.Controls;assembly=Odyssey" Closed="Window_Closed">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="40"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ScrollViewer Grid.Row="0" Name="ScrollViewer1" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" CanContentScroll="True">
<StackPanel Name="ParameterStack">
<my:LocationCtl Text="Parameters for report - " Name="loc"/>
</StackPanel>
</ScrollViewer>
<Grid Grid.Row="1">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
<ColumnDefinition/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<CheckBox ToolTip="This will replace the first report of the same type that was shown." Name="chkOverwrite" Content="Overwrite old" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="5,0"></CheckBox>
<Button Grid.Column="2" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="5,0" Height="30" Style="{StaticResource DionysusButton}" Width="100" IsDefault="True" Click="Button_Click">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="/MHA.Modules.Reports;component/Images/Success.png"></Image>
<TextBlock Margin="5,0" Text="Accept" VerticalAlignment="Center"></TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</Button>
</Grid>
</Grid>
Does anyone have suggestions?
The solution is quite a weird one but I have it figured out.
I realized that the error was occurring on the InitializeComponent() of the window, I then added a try catch to the constructor and showed the InnerException of the Exception.
The error that I received is "Image format not recognized".
I have no idea why this happens only on XP and the second time that the window is shown but by replacing my .ico with a .png the problem was resolved.
Hope this helps someone.
I just ran into this issue as well... I know this is old, but what I had to end up doing was set the images to Resource, and Copy Always... only by browsing my /bin/Debug folder did I realize that the images were not at a valid path location
This problem can also occur if the required image is not available at the specified location. So Check the inner exception and add any image that might have been missed or misspelled.
I got this error because my Command Binding of a Button was wrong:
<Button Command="MyCommand" />
instead of
<Button Command="{Binding MyCommand}" />
You Should first Import Image to your project
Solution Explorer - Show All
then Right Click on the image and select Include
Now Use
end
In my case the root cause was wrong BuildAction property on all images. I fixed it by changing BuildAction from Content to Resource.
I got this exception after moving my Resource Dictionary from root of my application to a subdirectory. In my case the problem were Image paths inside my Style setters inside the dictionary. After I preceded them with a forward slash '/', the application started to work again. If you're having a similar problem, open the resource dictionary, and the error will be highlighted with the blue 'squiggly' line.
In my case, I have added 'WpfToolkit' refrence to my module, and there is no need.
After deleting this reference, everything was ok. Strange!
Just go to Project>[Your Project Name] Settings and set your .ico file as icon now your .ico file is mentioned in your manifest file and you can simply include your .ico file in your XAML file using
Icon="[icon file name].ico"
<Window x:Class="[Your project's name].MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="" Height="500" Width="720"
Icon="[your icon's name].ico">
In my case, I found the mew added icon(image) file is not added into my project. It is resolved after I added these new image files into my project, not just file copy.
In my case the files existed on disk but were not referenced in the project. I added them to the project but the error persisted despite reloading the solution and restarting Visual Studio.
I changed the references to an existing file that was already in the project and it ran fine (albeit with the wrong graphic). I then changed it back to the original reference and it ran fine again but with the correct image. Presumably the error was getting cached somehow until it was flushed out of the system...
Remove the "WPFToolkit" reference from your cs.proj file.
<Reference Include="WPFToolkit, Version=3.5.40128.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
It should do the trick.
copy and paste the file name is changed. that's why I get this error.
well, in my case I added the new photos to the image Folder in FileExplore while image folder was added to the project while ago. and there wasn't any problem with the image path in the project. but when I build the project I face to the same error.
then I add those new photos to project by right click on the image folder and add the existing item and selected new photos. then I cleaned the solution and build it again.
There are many ways to cause this issue. Since the exception isn't specific. Here is a list of solutions to try from this thread.
Firstly, you can try/catch the InitializeComponent() call which is throwing the exception to get more details about what happened.
If the image is an icon (.ico) file use an image (.png) or equivalent instead
In some cases .ico files are problematic - I was using .NETCore
Make sure your image file has a build action of Resource or Embedded Resource
The resource files described in this section are different than the
resource files described in XAML Resources and different than the embedded
or linked resources described in Manage Application Resources (.NET). - MSDN
Ensure your reference to the file is spelled and pathed correctly
Example: "/Resources/logo.png" if you have a folder at the project level
Notice the prefix /.
Colors codes in the xaml file missing the hashtag prefix "#000FE0"
In my case, another program was using the image and somehow was blocking the access.
I mad a copy and this worked.
<Window
.....
Height="450" Width="400"
Icon="../Resources/SettingsCopy.png" >
To improve upon user2125523:
If you've added the image to the project and checked and double checked that the file spelling is correct, try renaming the image to mirror a different existing image. Build/run, then put your image file name back and build/run again.
For example:
My original code kept throwing the OP error on LargeImage="/img/32/delete.order.png" even though this file exists.
<telerik:RadRibbonButton Text="Object Properties" Size="Large"
Name="PropertiesButton" IsTabStop="True"
telerik:ScreenTip.Description="Get object properties"
Click="PropertiesButton_Click"
LargeImage="/img/32/properties.png"
SmallImage="/img/16/properties.png" />
<telerik:RadRibbonButton Text="Reset Tab Order" Size="Large"
Name="ClearTabOrderButton" IsTabStop="True"
telerik:ScreenTip.Description="Reset tab order of all fields"
Click="ClearTabOrder_Click"
LargeImage="/img/32/delete.order.png"
SmallImage="/img/16/delete.order.png" />
So, I changed LargeImage="/img/32/delete.order.png" to LargeImage="/img/32/properties.png", ran the program, and changed it back to "/img/32/delete.order.png". Finally the error was gone.
FYI VS2012.3 Win8.1Preview
I had the same issue and to add an image to you solution you have to do it through the wizzard. In the solution explorer -> right click on the appropriate folder-> add existing Item -> and then browse to your image. That worked for me. Hope this helps.
Thanks for you answers.
Try to set Build Action of Property of Image file as Resource.
Exception used to occur within constructor. Button's command binding was incorrect.
Eg: <Button Command="MyCommand" />--> Wrong
<Button Command="{Binding MyCommand}" />--> Right
In my case, I got this error when I had
<Border Background="eeeeee">
instead of
<Border Background="#eeeeee">
(notice the missign #)
I found "UpdateSourceTrigger=Pr" somewhere in my XAML.
Must have happened during editing.
Compiling went OK, no error then whatsoever.
Setting a BreakPoint in Application_DispatcherUnhandledException in app.xaml.cs revealed the error.
Corrected to "UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged" and the world was at it should have been.
I work on Win 10 Pro, VS2017
I encountered this error and figured out that the Image Source path format has a mistake. a forward slash / was added as follows:
Source="/TestProject;component/Images//hat_and_book.png
I removed that extra slash and the error had gone.
I got the same error message, then I find this solution :
Image not displaying at runtime C# WPF
Find your folder:Go to properties of the added image, set Build Action =>as Resource and Copy To Output Directory =>as Copy if newer.
In My case I have wrote a border tag with height property then i had to remove the value leaving the property like this
<Border Background="{StaticResource MainBackgroundBrush}" BorderThickness="1" Height="">
</Border>
The Compiler gave me the same error but the IDE have no problem so after some hard search i have found it. so make sure every property is properly set. I hope this would be useful for anyone.
it is caused by Non-standard tag option in xaml to find it set
InitializeComponent();
Function in - try mode - like this
try {
InitializeComponent();
}
catch (Exception ex) {
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message.ToString());
}
now MessageBox(( show line number with incorrect setting in control .axml file.(it just show first incorrect line tag error after Corrected it then run app again and see next one)

Loading vector graphics from XAML files programmatically in a WPF application

I would like to load vector graphics stored as XAML files (separate files, not in a dictionary), embedded in my application, and I have a few questions to do so:
XAML looks a bit ambiguous, since it can be used to represent either static resources like vector images, or interfaces which are being dynamically built like the ones in WPF. Because of this, the format of a XAML vector image is unclear to me : what should be the root element, like the "svg" tag for svg vector images ? Currently, I'm using a Canvas as the top element since I want to plot my graphics in another Canvas.
What is the best method to load those file programmatically (I mean, to create the Canvas from the xaml files) ? I've seen (and tried) different solutions with XamlReader, but nothing worked: the app crashes and the debugger does not help (most problems I've encountered seem to occur during the parsing, and the error message was unclear).
I've read http://learnwpf.com/post/2006/06/04/How-do-I-Include-Vector-Based-Image-Resources-in-my-WPF-Application.aspx, but the link to the article dealing with resource files loading is dead, and the images are not created using C# code.
Okay, I found the solution by myself and here it is :
My project is named "Editor", and I've placed the XAML file I want to read in a "Graphics" folder. This file is named "Image.xaml".
The project tree looks like this :
The XAML file itself holds this code :
<Canvas xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
Width="40" Height="40">
<Rectangle Canvas.Left="0" Canvas.Top="0" Fill="White" Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="1" Height="40" Width="40" />
<!-- ... -->
</Canvas>
(the xaml namespace 'xmlns' reference is needed)
The code used to load the file is :
StreamResourceInfo sr = Application.GetResourceStream(new Uri("Editor;component/Graphics/Image.xaml", UriKind.Relative));
Canvas result = (Canvas)XamlReader.Load(new XmlTextReader(sr.Stream));
layoutRoot.Children.Add(result);
'layoutRoot' being the name of the main Canvas of my application.
Last subtility : the property 'BuildAction' of the *.xaml file must be set to 'Resource', or you will encounter a XamlParseException with hexadecimal value 0x0C (to change this property, right-click on the file in the project treeview).
Hope this can help.

Cannot assign geometry to Button clip property

I'm working on an interactive map. I'm using Silverlight 4 within VisualStudio 2010.
My problem is that I can't assign a geometry to Button Clip property:
Code:
bouton1.Clip = (PathGeometry)Forme.Data;
//forme is a class that inherits from Path
when I run my application I get an ArgumentException:
The value is not included in the expected range
Your Path called "Forme" has its geometry defined using the Path Mini-Language right?
This type of Geometry cannot be share by multiple elements.
The work-around is store the path data as a string in a ResourceDictionary accessible to both your "Forme" element and "bouton1" then assign it using StaticResource. Something like:-
<StackPanel>
<StackPanel.Resources>
<sys:String x:Key="MyPath">M 10,100 C 10,300 300,-200 300,100</sys:String>
</StackPanel.Resources>
<Button x:Name="btn" Content="Button" Height="150" Clip="{StaticResource MyPath}" />
<Path Data="{StaticResource MyPath}" Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="2" />
</StackPanel>
The painful downside is that the VS2010 designer doesn't grasp this and therefore doesn't apply the path. You would need to run the app to visually see the results.
I changed button with Path and MouseLeftButtonDown event, it works :)

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