title: Bind to a static field in Windows 8 XAML
body: <p>How can I bind to a static field in Windows 8 XAML ? In WPF, we used to be able to do something like the following :</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;TextBlock Text="{x:Static resources:Messages.LastName}"/&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it appears that x:Static is no longer valid in Windows 8 XAML. Are there any good resources out there for those migrating from WPF to Windows 8 ?</p>