Applying global style across multiple assemblies

Question

My application is composed from quite a few assemblies ("plug-ins") that are loaded by a core executable assembly (which doesn't contain any controls or windows on it own). Now I want to apply styles to controls (such as Menus/ContextMenus, ToolBar(Tray)s etc.) from the central assembly's Application.Resources styles (possibly with the option of users being able to choose from several themes).

I got it to work with named styles (x:Key="StyleName", invoked by DynamicResource, StaticResource wouldn't work), but the prospect of adding the Style="{DynamicResource ...}" to every control in every assembly scares me quire a little bit. But the control-wide styles with TargetType="{x:Type TypeName}" won't work no matter what I do.

How can I style all the controls en masse from one central assembly?

Thanks for help.

Answer 1

Perhaps this great article on WPF skinning might help point you in the right direction?

In the intro, he highlights the "three pillars" for skinning/theming and how hierarchical resources can be leveraged.

Though I do fear (without certainty) that you might still need to change your static resources to dynamic ones.