WPF ''local' is an undeclared prefix

Question

I have a problem with a defined local alias; why is it not valid?

I have all of these classes which are not found.

Error list

Error   3   ''local' is an undeclared prefix. Line 1, position 2.' XML is not valid.    c:\..\SofiaCarRental.WPF\Views\AddEditWindow.xaml   1   2   SofiaCarRental.WPF
Error   5   The attachable property 'Resources' was not found in type 'Window'. c:\..\SofiaCarRental.WPF\Views\AddEditWindow.xaml   8   6   SofiaCarRental.WPF
Error   2   The name "NullableBooleanConverter" does not exist in the namespace "clr-namespace:SofiaCarRental.WPF.Views".   c:\..\SofiaCarRental.WPF\Views\MainWindow.xaml  10  9   SofiaCarRental.WPF
Error   1   The namespace prefix "local" is not defined.    c:\..\SofiaCarRental.WPF\Views\AddEditWindow.xaml   1   1   SofiaCarRental.WPF
Error   4   The type 'local:BaseDialogWindow' was not found. Verify that you are not missing an assembly reference and that all referenced assemblies have been built.  c:\..\SofiaCarRental.WPF\Views\AddEditWindow.xaml   1   2   SofiaCarRental.WPF
Error   8   The type 'local:EmptyStringConverter' was not found. Verify that you are not missing an assembly reference and that all referenced assemblies have been built.  c:\..\SofiaCarRental.WPF\Views\AddEditWindow.xaml   11  10  SofiaCarRental.WPF
Error   6   The type 'local:NullableBooleanConverter' was not found. Verify that you are not missing an assembly reference and that all referenced assemblies have been built.  c:\..\SofiaCarRental.WPF\Views\AddEditWindow.xaml   9   10  SofiaCarRental.WPF
Error   7   The type 'local:YearConverter' was not found. Verify that you are not missing an assembly reference and that all referenced assemblies have been built. c:\..\SofiaCarRental.WPF\Views\AddEditWindow.xaml   10  10  SofiaCarRental.WPF

Main Window (here I specified 'local')

<Window x:Class="SofiaCarRental.WPF.Views.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:local ="clr-namespace:SofiaCarRental.WPF.Views" 
    Title="Sofia Car Rental" 
    Height="720" Width="1280"
    MinHeight="720" MinWidth="1280">
<Window.Resources>
    <local:NullableBooleanConverter x:Key="booleanConverter" />
    <Style x:Key="checkBoxColStyle" TargetType="telerik:GridViewCell">
        <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Center" />
    </Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Width="Auto">
   ...
</Grid></Window>

AddEditWindow

<local:BaseDialogWindow x:Class="SofiaCarRental.WPF.Views.AddEditWindow"
    xmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation" 
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="AddEditWindow" 
    Height="417" Width="383"
    Title="{Binding Path=Title}">
<Window.Resources>
    <local:NullableBooleanConverter x:Key="booleanConverter" />
    <local:YearConverter x:Key="yearConverter" />
    <local:EmptyStringConverter x:Key="emptyStringConverter" />
</Window.Resources>
<Grid Margin="20,10,50,10">
   ...
</Grid></local:BaseDialogWindow>

BaseDialogWindow class:

namespace SofiaCarRental.WPF.Views
{
public class BaseDialogWindow : Window
{
    public BaseDialogWindow()
    {
        this.Owner = App.Current.MainWindow;
        this.ShowInTaskbar = false;
        this.ResizeMode = System.Windows.ResizeMode.NoResize;
        this.WindowStartupLocation = System.Windows.WindowStartupLocation.CenterOwner;
    }
}}

NullableBooleanConverter

namespace SofiaCarRental.WPF.Views{
public class NullableBooleanConverter : IValueConverter
{
    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType,
        object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        object result = this.NullableBooleanToFalse(value);
        return result;
    }
    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType,
        object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        object result = this.NullableBooleanToFalse(value);
        return result;
    }
    private object NullableBooleanToFalse(object value)
    {
        if (value == null)
        {
            return false;
        }
        else
        {
            return value;
        }
    }
}}

Answer 1

Error 3 ''local' is an undeclared prefix. Line 1, position 2.' XML is not valid. c:..\SofiaCarRental.WPF\Views\AddEditWindow.xaml 1 2 SofiaCarRental.WPF

In the file AddEditWindow.xaml, the local prefix is not declared. XML namespace declarations work on a file-by-file basis. They are not inherited, and only ever active for the current file. If you want to use components from other namespaces in that file, you will have to add the declaration there too. You can see them like usings in code—whenever you want to use a type, you have to tell the compiler where to look for it first:

<local:BaseDialogWindow x:Class="SofiaCarRental.WPF.Views.AddEditWindow"
    …
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SofiaCarRental.WPF.Views"
    … >

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Error 5 The attachable property 'Resources' was not found in type 'Window'. c:..\SofiaCarRental.WPF\Views\AddEditWindow.xaml 8 6 SofiaCarRental.WPF

While local:BaseDialogWindow is a subtype of Window, this is still the type for this file. The compiler sees this when it looks at the XAML for this part:

<SomeType …>
    <OtherType.Property>…</OtherType.Property>
</SomeType>

And this is essentially equivalent to this:

<SomeType … OtherType.Property="…" />

Since OtherType is not the same as SomeType, this is an attached property in XAML. But Window does not have an attached property called Resources.

What you want to do instead is set the Resources property of your window instead. And your window type is SomeType, so you need to write it like this:

<SomeType …>
    <SomeType.Property>…</SomeType.Property>
</SomeType>

So in your case, you want to set your resources like this:

<local:BaseDialogWindow x:Class="SofiaCarRental.WPF.Views.AddEditWindow"
        … >
    <local:BaseDialogWindow.Resources>
        …
    </local:BaseDialogWindow.Resources>
    …
</local:BaseDialogWindow>

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The remaining errors are all because you are using the local: prefix without declaring it first and the compiler not finding your types.