http://blogs.msdn.com/nickkramer/archive/2009/04/03/vs-item-templates-for-silverlight-resource-dictionaries.aspxTo make it easier to create merged resource dictionaries in Silverlight 3 beta, I put together a little Visual Studio item template so you can do "Add | New item... | Silverlight Resource Dictionary". For C# users, take the attachment &amp; copy it intoen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/nickkramer/archive/2009/04/03/vs-item-templates-for-silverlight-resource-dictionaries.aspx#9530960Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:16:52 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9530960Nick on Silverlight and WPF<p>Here's the VB version of the resource dictionary item template . Copy the attachment into &quot;C:\Users\</p>