WPF - Use a ControlTemplate resource within a Style

Question

When creating a Style, is it possible to set the ControlTemplate property to a previously defined resource? For example, if I had the following in a ResourceDictionary:

<ControlTemplate x:Key="MyControlTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
...
</ControlTemplate>

And then later wanted to use it in a Style like this:

<Style x:Key="MyStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
    <Setter Property="Template" Value="???"/>
</Style>

Is that possible?

Solution

I believe this will work:

<Style x:Key="MyStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">    
    <Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource MyControlTemplate}"/>
</Style>

Comments

[Agent_L]

The important part is that the template must be defined BEFORE the style. Otherwise it's XamlParseException: Cannot find a Resource with the Name/Key YourTemplateKey

[N. Kudryavtsev]

@Agent_L or one can just use DynamicResource