Re: Databinding to Classes Inside Classes

04-29-2008 1:56 AM |

The Binding should be like this:

<TextBlock x:Name="tb1" Text="{Binding Time.Minutes}"/>

 

Set the data context:

Period period = new Period();

Time time = new Time();

time.Minutes = "55";

period.Time = time;

tb1.DataContext = period;

 

 The classes:

public class Period

{

    private Time _time;    public Time Time

    {

     get

     {

      return _time;

     }

    set

    {

     _time = value;

    }

  }

}

 

public class Time

{

  private string _minutes;  public string Minutes

  {

   get

   {

     return _minutes;

     }

    set

    {

     _minutes = value;

     }

  }

} 

Hope this helps.

Jim (http://jimmangaly.blogspot.com/)

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Re: Databinding to Classes Inside Classes

04-30-2008 12:49 AM |

There are two ways you can do this:

First, the hack (if you haven't already thought of it ):

<StackPanel>

  <TextBlock x:Name="tb1" Text="{Binding Time.Minutes}"/>

  <TextBlock Text=" Mins."/>

</StackPanel>

This could be a simple solution in your case. I know this is not always a solution.

The other solution is to use a converter. Pass your source to the converter. In the converter's Convert() method write the logic to find the minutes and seconds, add whatever text you want to add (like 'minutes' or 'secs'), and finally return the converted value to the binding. See this thread for more details on how to implement a converter: http://silverlight.net/forums/p/14724/48854.aspx

Hope this helps.

Jim (http://jimmangaly.blogspot.com/)

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