How to access WPF MainWindow Controls from my own

Question

I am a NOVICE and am very much struggling with what seems should be a very simple task. How do I modify a property of a MainWindow TextBlock, from another cs file. An exact code solution would be extremely helpful.

Below is the stripped down code. Is my use of static class causing me extra issues?

In File: MainWindow.xaml

<Window x:Class="TestApp1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <TextBlock x:Name="TextBlock1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="107,71,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="TextBlock" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
    </Grid>
</Window>

In File: MainWindow.xaml.cs

namespace TestApp1  
{  
public partial class MainWindow : Window  
    {  
        public MainWindow()  
        {  
            InitializeComponent();  
            TextBlock1.Text = "Setting Text from MainWindow";  
            MyProgram.myProgramStart();  
        }  
    }  
}  

In File: CodeFile1.cs

namespace TestApp1
{
    public static class MyProgram
    {
        public static void myProgramStart()
        {
            // ... blah blah blah

            // I want to do something like follows, but won't compile
            MainWindow.TextBlock1.Text = "Setting Text from My Program";
        }
    }
}  

Answer 1

Because nobody else has actually answered the question I'm going to tell you how to achieve what you want, but do listen to the posters who said that in a real application you would use MVVM. However there are times when you need to do what you ask so the code you need is:

((MainWindow)System.Windows.Application.Current.MainWindow).TextBlock1.Text = "Setting Text from My Program";