Comments on: Quick WPF Tip: How to bind to WPF application resources and settings?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:45:23 +0000

Great stuff.

On saving the app location - you might want to do a multi-binding with the Screen resolution just in case the user switches from a multi-monitor set-up to a single monitor and the app sits off the screen somewhere.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:45:22 +0000

This is a great example of how to bind to settings, but unfortunately it is far from the best way to save and restore your window placement.

msdn2.microsoft.com/.../aa972163.aspx

By: Tamir Khason

Tamir Khason — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:45:20 +0000

Andrew, this is only sample how to do it. It is not final implementation. However this is the way how to use application settings and resources by using WPF binding

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By: tom103

tom103 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:45:18 +0000

This syntax for binding to settings is quite awkward, so I wrote the following class :

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public class SettingBindingExtension : Binding

{

public SettingBindingExtension()

{

Initialize();

}

public SettingBindingExtension(string path)

:base(path)

{

Initialize();

}

private void Initialize()

{

this.Source = Properties.Settings.Default;

this.Mode = BindingMode.TwoWay;

}

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You can use it like this :

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xmlns="schemas.microsoft.com/.../presentation"

xmlns:x="schemas.microsoft.com/.../xaml"

xmlns:my="clr-namespace:WpfApplication1"

WindowStartupLocation="Manual"

Title="Window1"

Height="{SettingBinding Height}"

Width="{SettingBinding Width}"

Left="{SettingBinding Left}"

Top="{SettingBinding Top}">

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