New WPF 3.5 SP1 feature: Data Formatting (with Binding.StringFormat)

Using Binding.StringFormat

Rudi Grobler — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:36:13 GMT

I know I am a little late on blogging about .NET 3.5 SP1, but here goes... This is a huge release...

marlongrech — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:34:47 GMT

cool stuff...

P.S welcome to the blogging world

Vincent Sibal's Blog — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:58:50 GMT

So far for the new WPF 3.5 SP1 features, I've surveyed Item Container Recycling , Data Formatting , and

Rob Relyea - Xamlified — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:28:04 GMT

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Siarhei — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:52:07 GMT

Is it possible to move StringFormat into a Style?

vinsibal — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:55:31 GMT

Siarhei,

StringFormat is not a DP so it cannot participate in the same Style services that normal DPs can.

Poltex — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:27:56 GMT

Is it possible to bind the culture info in the StringFormat as well?

vinsibal — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:24:08 GMT

Poltex,

Unfortunately no as CultureInfo is not a dependency property.

Sreenivas — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:05:41 GMT

Thanks for the informative article. I am trying to replace my current use of ValueConverters for string formatting with this nifty feature.

I am receiving the following build error:

The property 'StringFormat' does not exist on the type 'Binding' in the XML namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation'.

I have the following in my xaml:

I have 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installed (I also installed the VS2010 Beta 2 if it is relevant)

I would appreciate help in resolving this.

Thanks

vinsibal — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:07:01 GMT

Sreenivas,

Is your project targeting an older framework version?