user control with databinding can't be used more than once.

Question

I have a custom UserConrol in a Silverlight 3 application. The control uses databinding for some properties, so I need to give it a name. When I try to put more than one of these controls in my main silverlight control, I get a XamlParseException with the message "The name already exists in the tree". How can I use this control more than once without losing the databound properties?

Answer 1

You need to give each instance in your main control a unique name. The error is just saying that you're using the same name more than once.

Answer 2

Give them different names, but still bind them to the same dataset.