BindingOperations.SetBinding Method (System.Windows.Data)

MSDN Library
.NET Development
.NET Framework 3.5
.NET Framework Class Library
System.Windows.Data Namespace
BindingOperations Class
BindingOperations Methods

ClearAllBindings Method
ClearBinding Method
GetBinding Method
GetBindingBase Method
GetBindingExpression Method
GetBindingExpressionBase Method
GetMultiBinding Method
GetMultiBindingExpression Method
GetPriorityBinding Method
GetPriorityBindingExpression Method
IsDataBound Method

SetBinding Method

BindingOperations..::.SetBinding Method
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.NET Framework Class Library

BindingOperations..::.SetBinding Method

Creates and associates a new instance of BindingExpressionBase with the specified binding target property.

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

Syntax

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'Usage

Dim target As DependencyObject
Dim dp As DependencyProperty
Dim binding As BindingBase
Dim returnValue As BindingExpressionBase

returnValue = BindingOperations.SetBinding(target, _
    dp, binding)

'Declaration

Public Shared Function SetBinding ( _
    target As DependencyObject, _
    dp As DependencyProperty, _
    binding As BindingBase _
) As BindingExpressionBase

XAML

You cannot use methods in XAML.

Parameters

target: Type: System.Windows..::.DependencyObject
The binding target of the binding.

dp: Type: System.Windows..::.DependencyProperty
The target property of the binding.

binding: Type: System.Windows.Data..::.BindingBase
The BindingBase object that describes the binding.

Return Value

Type: System.Windows.Data..::.BindingExpressionBase
The instance of BindingExpressionBase created for and associated with the specified property. The BindingExpressionBase class is the base class of BindingExpression, MultiBindingExpression, and PriorityBindingExpression.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The target parameter cannot be nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentNullException	The dp parameter cannot be nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentNullException	The binding parameter cannot be nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

This method creates a new instance of a BindingExpressionBase and associates the instance with the given dependency property of the given object. This method is the way to attach a binding to an arbitrary DependencyObject that may not expose its own SetBinding method.

Examples

The following example shows how to use this method to set a binding. In this example, myNewBindDef is a Binding object that describes the binding. The binding target is myDateText, an instance of the TextBlock class.

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    // myDatetext is a TextBlock object that is the binding target object
        BindingOperations.SetBinding(myDateText, TextBlock.TextProperty, myNewBindDef);
        BindingOperations.SetBinding(myDateText, TextBlock.ForegroundProperty, myNewBindDef);

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0

Reference

BindingOperations Class

BindingOperations Members

System.Windows.Data Namespace

Other Resources

Data Binding Overview

Binding Declarations Overview

How to: Create a Binding in Code