WPF TextBox binding to multiple sources?

A couple of things. First, ensure that your DataContext is set to the instance of the class that contains the WindowDescription property One would normally set this in the codebehind for the page. It can be set in XAML too, but I won't complicate my answer Secondly, databinding doesn't automatically see property value changes.

A notification system needs to be setup in the class with the WindowDescription property Google "INotifyPropertyChanged" with Bing and see Otherwise, check this video out! channel9.msdn.com/blogs/mtaulty/silverli... Luke.

A couple of things. First, ensure that your DataContext is set to the instance of the class that contains the WindowDescription property. One would normally set this in the codebehind for the page.It can be set in XAML too, but I won't complicate my answer.

Secondly, databinding doesn't automatically see property value changes. A notification system needs to be setup in the class with the WindowDescription property. Google "INotifyPropertyChanged" with Bing and see.

Otherwise, check this video out! channel9.msdn.com/blogs/mtaulty/silverli... Luke.

This was the key to figuring out a solution. I wound up creating a private class that bound a property to each control, and in the setter of each of these properties, it set "this. Summary = getSummary()" which generated the string, then placed it in this.

Summary, whose setter created a NotifyPropertyChangedEvent, thus updating the text box each time a control was changed. Thanks! – John Moran Dec 21 '10 at 13:26.

If I had to guess, I'd guess that you did not set the DataContext of your TextBox (either directly, or by providing one for its parents somewhere). The Binding Path is relative to the elements DataContext, and the default DataContext is null (and not the element itself, or its containing Window).

I.e. This. DataContext = model; Where you model is anything, in our case where I work we are using ViewModel's and the MVVM pattern.

You might look into something like Prism and Unity in the longer term but if you are just putting all your code in the . Cs file for the XAML page here is an example. Namespace DataContextTest { public partial class MainWindow : Window { public MainWindow() { this.

DataContext = this; MyString = ".."; InitializeComponent(); } public string MyString { get; set; } } } Then in the XAML bind to MyString like you have done in the other post and it should work, of course, again - there is no change notification at this point. I can post an example of that if you would like but I think you can google it and see many many simple examples. Hope that was helpful.

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