http://blogs.msdn.com/vivekd/archive/2007/05/08/initializefromxaml-vs-xamlreader-load.aspxWhen you create a new user control item in VS, it generates the following line of code. This API as I have said in this post, creates an object tree from the Xaml passed in string format. _progressBarRoot = InitializeFromXaml(_progressBarLook) as Canvasen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/vivekd/archive/2007/05/08/initializefromxaml-vs-xamlreader-load.aspx#7078724Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:05:53 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7078724Dynamic XAML in Silverlight 2.0 « Matt Spurlock’s Weblog<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://mattspurlock.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/dynamic-xaml-in-silverlight-20/">http://mattspurlock.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/dynamic-xaml-in-silverlight-20/</a></p>