I am having trouble databinding a TextBox.Text
property to a object's method. The idea is allowing the user to write in a TextBox
a file name and then have a TextBlock
output that file's extension.
class GetFileInfo
{
public string GetFileExtension(string fileName)
{
return Path.GetExtension(fileName);
}
}
Here is my XAML:
<Window.Resources>
<ObjectDataProvider x:Key="getFileInfo" MethodName="GetFileExtension" ObjectType="{x:Type local:GetFileInfo}">
<ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
<sys:String>abc.text</sys:String>
</ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
</ObjectDataProvider>
</Window.Resources>
<StackPanel>
<TextBox Name="textBox1">
<TextBox.Text>
<Binding Source="{StaticResource getFileInfo}" Path="MethodParameters[0]" BindsDirectlyToSource="True" UpdateSourceTrigger="PropertyChanged" />
</TextBox.Text>
</TextBox>
<TextBlock Name="textBlock1" Text="{Binding Source={StaticResource getFileInfo}}"/>
</StackPanel>
For some reason it is not doing anything. Anyknow could point out what may be the reasons? Here is what I see on the designer and when I run the application:
And here is what happens when I try setting other text at run-time:
Here is the error given by de debugger when trying to set other text at run-time:
System.Windows.Data Error: 8 : Cannot save value from target back to source. BindingExpression:Path=MethodParameters[0]; DataItem='ObjectDataProvider' (HashCode=2207369); target element is 'TextBox' (Name='textBox1'); target property is 'Text' (type 'String') ArgumentException:'System.ArgumentException: Object of type 'MS.Internal.Data.PropertyPathWorker+IListIndexerArg' cannot be converted to type 'System.Int32'. at System.RuntimeType.TryChangeType(Object value, Binder binder, CultureInfo culture, Boolean needsSpecialCast) at System.RuntimeType.CheckValue(Object value, Binder binder, CultureInfo culture, BindingFlags invokeAttr) at System.Reflection.MethodBase.CheckArguments(Object[] parameters, Binder binder, BindingFlags invokeAttr, CultureInfo culture, Signature sig) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) at System.Reflection.RuntimePropertyInfo.SetValue(Object obj, Object value, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] index, CultureInfo culture) at MS.Internal.Data.PropertyPathWorker.SetValue(Object item, Object value) at MS.Internal.Data.ClrBindingWorker.UpdateValue(Object value) at System.Windows.Data.BindingExpression.UpdateSource(Object value)'