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Merged dictionaries and local resources

I have a Styles.xaml that groups many ResourceDictionarys inside a MergedDictionary.

I imported Styles.xaml in my UserControl.Resources

<UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary Source="Dictionaries\Styles.xaml" />
</UserControl.Resources>

but when I try to add a converter 

<UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="Dictionaries\Styles.xaml" /> <--! Exception -->
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <BooleanToVisibilityConverter x:Key="BooleanToVisibilityConverter"/>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>

it raises

ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: item

Wrapping the converter inside another MergedDictionary has no effect.
How can I solve this?
Thank you all!

SOLVED

I eventually figured it out: the Exception was raised inside one the .xaml files, but Visual Studio does not provide enough info to locate the faulty line.
Following code does work.

<UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="Dictionaries\Styles.xaml" />
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <BooleanToVisibilityConverter x:Key="BooleanToVisibilityConverter"/>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>
Solution

  • Try this

    <UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/PROJECTNAMESPACE (TestProject.Something);component/Dictionaries/Styles.xaml" /> 
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <BooleanToVisibilityConverter x:Key="BooleanToVisibilityConverter"/>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>