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Michael A
Michael A

Reputation: 9910

Multi-value converter not accesssable

I have the following XAML textbox:

<TextBox x:Name="TextBoxShippingLabel" Margin="0,10,-2,2" TextWrapping="Wrap">
    <TextBox.Text>
        <MultiBinding StringFormat="{}{0} {1}&#x0a;{2}&#x0a;{3}&#x0a;{4}&#x0a;{5}&#x0a;{6} {7}" Converter="{local:ShippingLabelConverter}">
            <Binding ElementName="dataGridOutstandingOrders" Path="SelectedItem[FirstName]" />
            <Binding ElementName="dataGridOutstandingOrders" Path="SelectedItem[Surname]" />
            <Binding ElementName="dataGridOutstandingOrders" Path="SelectedItem[Department]" />
            <Binding ElementName="dataGridOutstandingOrders" Path="SelectedItem[Organisation]" />
            <Binding ElementName="dataGridOutstandingOrders" Path="SelectedItem[Street]" />
            <Binding ElementName="dataGridOutstandingOrders" Path="SelectedItem[Suburb]" />
            <Binding ElementName="dataGridOutstandingOrders" Path="SelectedItem[State]" />
            <Binding ElementName="dataGridOutstandingOrders" Path="SelectedItem[Postcode]" />
        </MultiBinding>
    </TextBox.Text>
</TextBox>

I'm trying to bind this to a converter, that represents the following:

namespace CIC.OrderProcessor
{
    public class ShippingLabelConverter : IMultiValueConverter
    {
        public object Convert(object[] values, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            var output = new StringBuilder();

            foreach (var param in values.Cast<string>().Where(param => param != "None"))
            {
                output.Append(param);
            }

            return output.ToString();
        }

        public object[] ConvertBack(object value, Type[] targetTypes, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }
    }
}

However Visual Studio is telling me the following:

The name "ShippingLabelConverter" does not exist in the namespace "clr-namespace:CIC.OrderProcessor".

Invalid markup extension type: expected type is 'IMultiValueConverter', actual type is 'ShippingLabelConverter'

I've checked the namespace for my converter class and it's definitely correct. It's also inheriting the type 'IMultiValueConvterer' so I'm a bit unsure where to go from here - the errors seem like they should be obvious but I can't see any changes I should be making.

Extra Information

The declaration of the local namespace from my XAML is as follows:

<Window x:Class="CIC.OrderProcessor.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:CIC.OrderProcessor"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 604

Answers (2)

Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 2804

Essentially you need to create an instance of the converter before you can use it:

<Window.Resources>
    <local:ShippingLabelConverter x:Key="shippingLabelConverter" />
</Window.Resources>

and

<MultiBinding StringFormat="{}{0} {1}&#x0a;{2}&#x0a;{3}&#x0a;{4}&#x0a;{5}&#x0a;{6} {7}" Converter="{StaticResource shippingLabelConverter}">

Alternative: There is an alternative which is to implement another interface "MarkupExtension" so the converter knows how to provide an instance of itself. Check out this article: http://drwpf.com/blog/2009/03/17/tips-and-tricks-making-value-converters-more-accessible-in-markup/

public class DummyConverter : MarkupExtension, IValueConverter
{
    private static DummyConverter _converter = null;
    public override object ProvideValue(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
    {
        if (_converter == null)
        {
            _converter = new DummyConverter();
        }
        return _converter;
    }
    #region IValueConverter Members
    ...
    #endregion
}

Upvotes: 2

user3230660
user3230660

Reputation:

I think you need to define a static resource. In your XAML:

<local:ShippingLabelConverter x:Key="shippingLabelConverter" />

Your textbox 

        <MultiBinding StringFormat="{}{0} {1}&#x0a;{2}&#x0a;{3}&#x0a;{4}&#x0a;{5}&#x0a;{6} {7}" Converter="{StaticResource shippingLabelConverter}">

Upvotes: 0

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