Silverlight xaml binding converter

In the following example, src maps to the namespace in which DateConverter is defined. Finally, you can use the converter in your binding using the following syntax. In the following example, the text content of the TextBlock is bound to StartDate , which is a property of an external data source. The style resources referenced in the above example are defined in a resource section not shown in this topic.

Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Privacy policy. Thank you. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here. Gets or sets the converter object that is called by the binding engine to modify the data as it is passed between the source and target, or vice versa.

Equivalent WinUI property: Microsoft. The IValueConverter object that modifies the data. To use your converter in a binding, first create an instance of your converter class. It's a bummer that it won't. Toggle navigation Microsoft Dan Wahlin. Join the Web Weekly Developer Newsletter. Here's what the method signatures look like: object Convert object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture ; object ConvertBack object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture ; Once IValueConverter is added to your class you can right-click it in Visual Studio and select Implement Interface from the menu to automatically fill in the Convert and ConvertBack methods.

Windows; using System. Data; using System. Globalization; namespace View. TryParse val, culture, DateTimeStyles. Value Converter Examples I have quite a few value converters that I use from time to time in client applications and have listed some of them below. Data; namespace JobPlan. Visible : Visibility. Collapsed : Visibility. Empty : decimal. Parse value. Collections; namespace JobPlan.