WPF - Get DataTemplate without an event

Question

I have a WPF Data template defined in my Windows.Resources section.

I would like to access this (really a list box on it) via the code behind. How can I do this?

I can't get what I want via an event because I want to get the reference in the completed step of a BackGroundWorker. (Ie no sender (that is a UI element) to go off of there).

How can I get a reference to this?

I have tried:

myContainingPanel.Template.Find("lstBox", myContainingPanel);

and (Taken from here):

ContentPresenter contentPresenter = myContainingPanel.FindVisualChild<ContentPresenter>();
DataTemplate template = contentPresenter.ContentTemplate;
return (T) template.FindName(name, contentPresenter);

I would accept an answer that says I should use MVVM if there is an good example showing how that would work (with a backgroundworker completed event).

Thanks for any help

Bespoke

Answer 1

FrameworkElement.FindResource() should work. Finding data templates from viewmodel doesn't seem right to me. What are you trying to do?

Spew

This is nice, but it just get the resource (all the stuff in it is empty). I need actual filled template. – Bespoke