Accessing object in referenced xaml file

Question

I have a project (c#, wpf) and I'm referencing to a Lib that contains another xaml-file (other namespace of course). Then I'm creating an object of a class defined in the Lib:

DialogStandard newWindow = new DialogStandard();
newWindow.Title = "my title";
newWindow.mainLabel.Content = "my label";

DialogStandard is of type window (of course with objects defined in xaml)

public partial class DialogStandard : Window

I'm able to access the Title (newWindow.Title = "my title") because Title is an attribute of class Window. But I can't access mainLabel because that is defined in xaml file of DialogStandard:

<Label Margin="5,5,0,10" Name="mainLabel" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>

How can I make objects defined in xaml-file of DialogStandard accessible to the project where I'm referencing to the Lib where DialogStandard is defined?

Can you change the code/XAML of `DialogStandard`? – nemesv Sep 21 '12 at 12:08 — nemesv, Sep 21 '12 at 12:08
@nemesv Yes, that would not be a problem. I can change it. – manton Sep 21 '12 at 12:09 — manton, Sep 21 '12 at 12:09

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 21 '12 at 12:13

The easiest way to get your Label if it has Name with the help of the FrameworkElement.FindName method:

DialogStandard newWindow = new DialogStandard();
newWindow.Title = "my title";
Label mainLabel = (Label)newWindow.FindName("mainLabel");
mainLabel.Content = "my label";

Accessing object in referenced xaml file

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