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  1. POHow do I initialize a XAML UserControl with fake data design-time when working with the control itself?
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    copied!<p>I have a basic WinRT XAML UserControl with a single dependency property as implemented below. The user control is apparently only constructed design-time when used in another Page or UserControl. The text "Hello world" is not rendered when I work in the designer with the user control itself. How can I make the designer initialize the user control with data also in this case?</p> <p>XAML:</p> <pre><code>&lt;UserControl x:Class="GTWin8.Ui.SimpleBinding" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:local="using:GTWin8.Ui" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400" x:Name="ThisControl"&gt; &lt;Grid Background="Black"&gt; &lt;TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Message, ElementName=ThisControl}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="280" Width="380"/&gt; &lt;/Grid&gt; &lt;/UserControl&gt; </code></pre> <p>Code-behind:</p> <pre><code>public sealed partial class SimpleBinding : UserControl { public static DependencyProperty MessageProperty = DependencyProperty.Register( "Message", typeof(String), typeof(SimpleBinding), new PropertyMetadata(null)); public String Message { get { return (String)GetValue(MessageProperty); } set { SetValue(MessageProperty, value); } } public SimpleBinding() { this.InitializeComponent(); Message = "Hello world"; } } </code></pre>
 

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