How do I reference my FlowDocument

Question

I've defined a FlowDocument in a WPF control library (Add New Item..., FlowDocument -- is the root element of the file). I intend this to be used in several contexts such as in a user control or on a window, referenced in code for data-binding and export to xps, etc. But I can't figure out how to get a reference to an instance of this document. It doesn't seem to create an object in the compiled assembly.

More specifically, this is my problem

<MyUserControl ........ >
  <FlowDocumentScrollViewer>
    <!-- doesn't work --><namespaceRef:MyFlowDocument /> 
  <FlowDocumentScrollViewer>
</MyUserControl>

Answer 1

The easiest solution is probably to put your FlowDocument inside a Resource Dictionary and then use the x:Key like this

<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
    <FlowDocument x:Key="myFlowDocument" ..>
    </FlowDocument>
</ResourceDictionary>

<FlowDocumentScrollViewer Name="flowDocumentScrollViewer">
    <StaticResource ResourceKey="myFlowDocument"/>
</FlowDocumentScrollViewer>

Otherwise you'll have to set the FlowDocument to build action Embedded Resource and lode it in code behind with something like this

Stream flowDocumentStream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("DocumentNameSpace.FlowDocumentName.xaml");
FlowDocument flowDocument = (FlowDocument)XamlReader.Load(flowDocumentStream);
flowDocumentScrollViewer.Document = flowDocument;

Update
I think it might be possible to use an ObjectDataProvider to load the FlowDocument if you want to look into it. Anyway, a ResourceDictionary seems like the easy way out.