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FrameworkContentElement.SetBinding Method (DependencyProperty, BindingBase)

.NET Framework 4.5

Attaches a binding to this element, based on the provided binding object.

Namespace: System.Windows
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)

public BindingExpressionBase SetBinding(
	DependencyProperty dp,
	BindingBase binding
)

Parameters

dp: Type: System.Windows.DependencyProperty
Identifies the bound property.

binding: Type: System.Windows.Data.BindingBase
Represents a data binding.

Return Value

Type: System.Windows.Data.BindingExpressionBase
Records the conditions of the binding. This return value can be useful for error checking.

Remarks

This method is a convenience method for calling BindingOperations.SetBinding, which passes the current instance as the DependencyObject.

Examples

The following example sets a binding on a Paragraph element, by creating a new Binding and setting the source to a newly built DateTime object.

DateTime myDataObject = new DateTime();
Binding myBinding = new Binding();
myBinding.Source = myDataObject;
introParagraph.SetBinding(Paragraph.TagProperty, myBinding);

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

FrameworkContentElement Class

SetBinding Overload

System.Windows Namespace

Other Resources

Data Binding Overview

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