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Jelle Capenberghs
Jelle Capenberghs

Reputation: 794

WPF UserControl Dependency Property value

I have the following problem: I made a UserControl in WPF which has an AgreementID property. I need to call this UserControl in another UserControl, and I need to give an AgreementID with it when I call it. Now I made a DependencyProperty in the first UserControl, but it does not work.

This is the code of my first UserControl:

public partial class UC1001_AgreementDetails_View : UserControl
    {

        private UC1001_ActiveAgreementContract _contract;
        private int _agreementID;

        public int AgreementID
        {
            get { return _agreementID; }
            set { _agreementID = value; }
        }

        public UC1001_AgreementDetails_View()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

       public static readonly DependencyProperty AgreementIDProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("AgreementID", typeof(int), typeof(UC1001_AgreementDetails_View), new PropertyMetadata(null));

This is the XAML where I call previous UserControl:

 <DataGridTextColumn.ElementStyle>
            <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
            <!--<Setter Property="Text" Value="{Binding Months[9].AgreementID}"/>-->
            <Setter Property="Tag" Value="{Binding Months[9].AgreementID}"/>
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="White" />
            <Setter Property="DataGridCell.ToolTip">
                 <Setter.Value>
                     <my:UC1001_AgreementDetails_View Background="#FFF" Opacity="0.88" AgreementID="{Binding Months[9].AgreementID}"/>
                 </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>

So I want to pas the AgreementID of that month onto the first UserControl, but when I check it, the passed value is always 0, but it should be 3. I checked the Months[9].AgreementID value and it was 3 indeed. So I get the right value in the binding, but it's not passing through right.

I hope my problem is a bit clear to you, additional information can be given if wanted!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3008

Answers (2)

Steve Rowbotham
Steve Rowbotham

Reputation: 2868

As already indicated, your property wrapper should be calling GetValue and SetValue on the dependency property (and you can dispense with the backing field). However, it is worth pointing out that the wrapper property will be bypassed when the DependencyProperty is set directly in XAML or from a declarative Binding. So if you actually checked the value of the DependencyProperty itself using GetValue then you would see that the value was actually being set by your Binding. It's the retrieval of the property value via your wrapper in procedural code that's failing since it's not accessing the DependencyProperty.

Upvotes: 2

Daniel Hilgarth
Daniel Hilgarth

Reputation: 174457

You are defining the Property facade for the Dependency Property wrong. In your property definition, you need to work on the Dependency Property and set and return its value:

public int AgreementID
{
    get { return (int) GetValue(AgreementIDProperty ); }
    set { SetValue(AgreementIDProperty, value); }
}

Upvotes: 3

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