Binding in ContentControl:

Question

Hi,
In the Resources section I've the following code:
<Grid x:Key="TileStyle">
            <Border  Height="212" Width="230" Margin="3" BorderThickness="1">
                <TextBlock Style="{StaticResource TileTitleTextStyle}" ></TextBlock>
            </Border>            
            <TextBlock Style="{StaticResource TileTextBlockOneStyle}"></TextBlock>
            <TextBlock Style="{StaticResource TileTextBlockTwoStyle}"></TextBlock>
        </Grid>
I'm using this template in ContentControl as below:
<ContentControl Content="{StaticResource TileStyle}"></ContentControl>
Along with assigning Content to ContentControl, I also want to bind to an object in ContentControl. I'm getting Binding.XmlNamespaceManager when I type is Binding. Please do let me know how can I bind to an object.
Kindly waiting for response.
Thanks,
Santosh

Answer 1

>>Along with assigning Content to ContentControl, I also want to bind to an object in ContentControl. I'm getting Binding.XmlNamespaceManager when I type is Binding. Please do let me know how can I bind to an object.
You cannot apply a binding to an element that is defined inside the Grid resource from by setting some property of the ContentControl if that's what you are trying to do.
If you want to be able to set or bind to a property of the Grid you should create your own custom Grid class and add a dependency property to it, e.g:
namespace WpfApplication24
public class MyGrid : System.Windows.Controls.Grid
public MyGrid()
//create the Border element and the TextBlock elements here...
Border border = new Border();
TextBlock txtBlock = new TextBlock();
txtBlock.SetBinding(TextBlock.TextAlignmentProperty, new Binding("MyProp") { Source = this });
border.Child = txtBlock;
this.Children.Add(border);
// Dependency Property
public static readonly DependencyProperty MyPropProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("MyProp", typeof(string),
typeof(MyGrid), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(""));
public string MyProp
get { return (string)GetValue(MyPropProperty); }
set { SetValue(MyPropProperty, value); }
...and then create an instance of this custom control instead of using a ContentControl:
<Grid xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication24">
<local:MyGrid MyProp="the text to be displayed in the TextBlock..."/>
</Grid>
The ContentControl has no Binding property. It simply displays some the content specified by its Content property.
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