Swapping data binding in code
- by Phil J Pearson
I have two data-bound text boxes. One is bound to a string and the other to a number. The 'default' binding is set in XAML. Under some circumstances I need to reverse the bindings at runtime (the string is usually a prefix but sometimes it's a suffix).
I have the following code in my view model, called when the window is loaded:
Binding stringBinding = BindingOperations.GetBinding(view.seqLeft, TextBox.TextProperty);
Binding numberBinding = BindingOperations.GetBinding(view.seqRight, TextBox.TextProperty);
view.seqLeft.SetBinding(TextBlock.TextProperty, numberBinding);
view.seqRight.SetBinding(TextBlock.TextProperty, stringBinding);
After that the code loads the properties to which the binding refers.
The problem is that the 'new' binding doesn't seem to work. What have I missed? Is there a better way?
