I have a project that needs to target .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.5, and I want to set property of a WPF control according to the build target. E.g . I have a textblock, and I want its background to be Azure if the build target is 3.5, Cyan if the build target is 4.5 How can I do that?
<Window x:Class="WpfAppMultipleTarget.MainWindow"
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:local="clr-namespace:WpfAppMultipleTarget"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="300" Width="300">
<Grid>
<Grid.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Azure"/> <!-- If target is net framework 3.5 -->
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Cyan"/> <!-- If target is net framework 4.5 -->
</Style>
</Grid.Resources>
<TextBlock>Hello</TextBlock>
</Grid>
You could use the Environment.Version
that returns the CLR version. The idea here is to define a DataTrigger
in your xaml bound to a boolean, true if the version starts with 4, false otherwise (.net 3.5 has a CLR version that starts with 2), take a look at the CLR versions here.
Your xaml should look something like that:
<....
Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800" DataContext="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}">
<Window.Resources>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<Grid.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding IsAbove4}" Value="True" >
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Cyan"/>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Azure"/>
</Style>
</Grid.Resources>
<TextBlock>Hello</TextBlock>
</Grid>
With a property defined in the VM/code behind:
public bool IsAbove4 { get; set; } = Environment.Version.ToString().StartsWith("4");