Passing user control object to another object as dependency property

Question

My xaml is as follows:

<m:Map CredentialsProvider="XXX" x:Name="mainMap"/>
<BingEditableMapControl:BingMapEditingControl BingMap="mainMap" />

For BingEditableMapControl, the property BingMap is a dependency property takes the control of Map. How do i pass the mainMap to the BingMap property through xaml?

Answer 1

Make mainMap a static resource and bind the BingMap property like this

BingMap={StaticResource mainMap}

Answer 2

Try it like this:-

<m:Map CredentialsProvider="XXX" x:Name="mainMap"/>
<BingEditableMapControl:BingMapEditingControl BingMap="{Binding ElementName=mainMap}" />