t4 template for strong access to all your AppBarButtons in a wp7 Page

AppBarButtons.tt

<#@ template language="C#" hostspecific="True" debug="false" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.IO"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.Linq"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.Xml.Linq"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.Collections.Generic"#>
<#@ import namespace="System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging"#>
<#@ import namespace="Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating"#>
<#@ assembly name="System.Core.dll"#>
<#@ assembly name="System.Xml.Linq.dll"#>
<#@ assembly name="System.Xml.dll"#>
<#@ output extension=".Generated.cs" #>

using Microsoft.Phone.Shell;
<#
XNamespace xaml = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml";
XNamespace shell = "clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone";
foreach(string xamlFile in Directory.EnumerateFiles(Host.ResolvePath(""), "*.xaml", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
{
    var doc = XDocument.Load(xamlFile);
    var xclass = (string)doc.Root.Attribute(xaml+"Class");
    if(xclass == null)
    {
        continue;
    }
    var ns = xclass.Substring(0, xclass.LastIndexOf('.'));
    var className = xclass.Substring(xclass.LastIndexOf('.')+1);
#>
namespace <#=ns#>
{
    partial class <#=className#>
    {
<#
    int i = 0;
    foreach(var button in doc.Descendants(shell+"ApplicationBarIconButton"))
    {
        var buttonName = "AppBarButton_"+((string)button.Attribute("Text")).Replace(" ", "");
#>
        protected ApplicationBarIconButton <#=buttonName#>
        {
            get
            {
                return (ApplicationBarIconButton) ApplicationBar.Buttons[<#=i++#>];
            }
        }
<#
    }
#>
    }
}
<#
}
#>