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ThicknessConverter Class

Converts instances of other types to and from instances of Thickness.

Namespace:  System.Windows
Assembly:  PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation

'Declaration
Public Class ThicknessConverter _
	Inherits TypeConverter
'Usage
Dim instance As ThicknessConverter
<ThicknessConverter .../>

This example shows how to create an instance of ThicknessConverter and use it to change the thickness of a border.

The example defines a custom method called changeThickness; this method first converts the contents of a ListBoxItem, as defined in a separate Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) file, to an instance of Thickness, and later converts the content into a String. This method passes the ListBoxItem to a ThicknessConverter object, which converts the Content of a ListBoxItem to an instance of Thickness. This value is then passed back as the value of the BorderThickness property of the Border.

This example does not run. For the complete sample, see ThicknessConverter Sample.

Private Sub changeThickness(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As SelectionChangedEventArgs)

    Dim li As ListBoxItem = CType(CType(sender, ListBox).SelectedItem, ListBoxItem)
    Dim myThicknessConverter As System.Windows.ThicknessConverter = New System.Windows.ThicknessConverter()
    Dim th1 As Thickness = CType(myThicknessConverter.ConvertFromString(li.Content.ToString()), Thickness)
    border1.BorderThickness = th1
    bThickness.Text = "Border.BorderThickness =" + li.Content.ToString()
End Sub

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0
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