I'm building a custom UserControl in WPF, which has a ViewModel associated. I also want do dynamically make controls in the code behind. But now I'm having problems binding the generated controls with the ViewModel properties. My code is:
<UserControl x:Class="SVT.Teste.UserControl1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300"
DataContext="UserControl1ViewModel">
<Grid Name="GridContainer">
</Grid>
</UserControl>
and code behind:
public UserControl1()
{
InitializeComponent();
System.Windows.Controls.Button newBtn = new Button();
newBtn.SetBinding(Button.ContentProperty, new Binding("Test"));
GridContainer.Children.Add(newBtn);
}
public class UserControl1ViewModel
{
private string test = "ola";
public string Test
{
get { return test; }
}
}
When I run this I get:
"System.Windows.Data Error: 40 : BindingExpression path error: 'Test'
property not found on 'object' ''String' (HashCode=-946585093)'.
BindingExpression:Path=Test; DataItem='String' (HashCode=-946585093);
target element is 'Button' (Name=''); target property is 'Content'
(type 'Object')"
Can you help me?
Best Answer
You are setting
DataContext
property ofUserControl1
to a string instead of your view model instance.You need to do something like this: