>Hi,
>
>How to avoid the problem below (I see what the problem is : you get two items with the same name) but I can't find any working code for a fix. Simple UserControl:

UserControl x:Class="WpfApplication1.MinimalControl"
>    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
>    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
>    Height="300" Width="300">
>    <TextBlock x:Name="Fred" />
></UserControl>

Used in this form:

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MinimalForm"
>    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
>    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
>    xmlns:uc="clr-namespace:WpfApplication1"
>    Title="MinimalForm" Height="300" Width="300">
>    <StackPanel>
>        <Canvas x:Name="ACanvas">
>            <uc:MinimalControl />
>            <uc:MinimalControl />
>        </Canvas>
>        <Button Click="Button_Click" >Try</Button>
>    </StackPanel>
></Window>

Here's the test code behind:

using System.Windows;
>using System.Windows.Controls;
>
>namespace WpfApplication1
>{
>    /// <summary>
>    /// Interaction logic for MinimalForm.xaml
>    /// </summary>
>    public partial class MinimalForm : Window
>    {
>        public MinimalForm()
>        {
>            InitializeComponent();
>        }
>
>        private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
>        {
>            string s = System.Windows.Markup.XamlWriter.Save(ACanvas);
>            System.IO.StringReader stringReader = new System.IO.StringReader(s);
>            System.Xml.XmlReader xmlReader = System.Xml.XmlReader.Create(stringReader);
>            //Exception here:
>            Canvas x = (Canvas)System.Windows.Markup.XamlReader.Load(xmlReader);
>        }
>    }
>}

Any way of manipulating the NameScope (or something) to avoid this ?
>Regards,
>Viv

I don't see an easy way around it. But here is one solution:

http://www.ddj.com/windows/209800469?pgno=2