XamlResourceReferenceFailedEventArgs.Message Property

public:
 property Platform::String ^ Message { Platform::String ^ get(); };

winrt::hstring Message();

public string Message { get; }

var string = xamlResourceReferenceFailedEventArgs.message;

Public ReadOnly Property Message As String

Property Value

A human-readable description (in English) of the XAML resource reference failure.

Examples

Here is an example message from the WinUI Gallery sample app after an incorrect resource reference (OutputTextBlockStyl rather than OutputTextBlockStyle) was deliberately inserted. If you know that the desired resource is defined in App.xaml, then the failure to locate it in there is a strong indicator of an erroneous reference.

Beginning search for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
  Searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///Controls/ControlExample.xaml' for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
  Finished searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///Controls/ControlExample.xaml'.
  Searching dictionary 'Framework-defined colors' for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
  Finished searching dictionary 'Framework-defined colors'.
  Searching dictionary 'Framework ThemeResources.xbf' for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
    Searching theme dictionary (active theme: 'Light') for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
      Searching dictionary '<anonymous dictionary>' for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
      Finished searching dictionary '<anonymous dictionary>'.
    Finished searching theme dictionary (active theme: 'Light').
  Finished searching dictionary 'Framework ThemeResources.xbf'.
  Searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///App.xaml' for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
    Searching merged dictionary with index '1' for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
      Searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///Microsoft.UI.Xaml/Themes/themeresources.xaml' for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
        Searching theme dictionary (active theme: 'Light') for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
          Searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///Microsoft.UI.Xaml/Themes/themeresources.xaml' for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
          Finished searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///Microsoft.UI.Xaml/Themes/themeresources.xaml'.
        Finished searching theme dictionary (active theme: 'Light').
      Finished searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///Microsoft.UI.Xaml/Themes/themeresources.xaml'.
    Finished searching merged dictionary with index '1'.
    Searching merged dictionary with index '0' for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
      Searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///ItemTemplates.xaml' for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
      Finished searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///ItemTemplates.xaml'.
    Finished searching merged dictionary with index '0'.
    Searching theme dictionary (active theme: 'Light') for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
      Searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///App.xaml' for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.
      Finished searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///App.xaml'.
    Finished searching theme dictionary (active theme: 'Light').
  Finished searching dictionary 'ms-appx:///App.xaml'.
Finished search for resource with key 'OutputTextBlockStyl'.

Remarks

The message in the event data contains the following information about the failed XAML resource reference:

• The URI of the XAML page that contains each ResourceDictionary that was searched.
• The order in which the ResourceDictionarys were searched.

You can use this information to investigate why the XAML resource reference could not be resolved. For example, maybe the ResourceDictionary that contains the resource was not in the list of ResourceDictionarys that was searched; or perhaps that ResourceDictionary was searched, which could indicate that an incorrect resource key was specified.

Applies to

See also

• IsXamlResourceReferenceTracingEnabled
• XamlResourceReferenceFailed
• ResourceDictionary and XAML resource references