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Sarfaraz Nawaz
Sarfaraz Nawaz

Reputation: 361302

Deriving from Binding class (Silverlight 4.0)

Using the existing Binding class, we can write,

 <TextBox Text="{Binding Email, Mode=TwoWay}"/>

So we can write anything as Email; there is no validity check by Binding itself. I started writing a class BindingMore deriving from Binding so that eventually I could write,

 <TextBox Text="{local:BindingMore Email, Validate=SomeMethod, Mode=TwoWay}"/>

Where SomeMethod is some ICommand or delegate which will be triggered to validate the Email . That is my objective, and I've not written that yet.

As of now, I've written just this code,

public class BindingMore : System.Windows.Data.Binding
{
    public BindingMore() : base() 
    { 
    }
    public BindingMore(string path) : base(path)
    {
    }
}

So, at this stage, BindingMore is exactly equivalent to Binding, yet when I write 

 <TextBox Text="{local:BindingMore Email, Mode=TwoWay}"/>

It's giving me runtime error. But when I write,

 <TextBox Text="{local:BindingMore Path=Email, Mode=TwoWay}"/>

It's working fine. Can anybody tell me why it's giving runtime error in the first case?

Unfortunately, the error is not shown. All it shows is this: alt text

Also, I get the following error message from XAML (even when it builds perfectly and runs (in the second case)):

Type 'local:BindingMore' is used like a markup extension but does not derive from MarkupExtension.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 403

Answers (1)

decyclone
decyclone

Reputation: 30820

Custom Markup Extensions are not supported in Silverlight. Try using an Attached Property approach or a Behavior.

Upvotes: 3

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