Is Everyone Writing Converters?   

I am writing some XAML where the data I am binding needs some formatting 
(e.g. numbers, dates, etc.).  If my rounds through the books and web are 
correct, WPF expects me to write converters for simple formatting.  Maybe 
I've missed it, but is there a simple string converter in the framework? 
 I know I can write in in several lines of code, but that's true with much 
of the .NET framework.  A simple converter that allows me to specify a format 
string as a ConverterParameter would be great, but to use it in Blend and 
other tools, it has to be created early as GAC'd.  To paraphrase a famous 
singer, for converters, "GAC is Whack!"...

Anyone know of a good solution that doesn't require either I get someone 
else's converter or write my own?

Thanks,

Shawn Wildermuth
Microsoft MVP (C#)
http://wildermuthconsulting.com
mailto:swildermuth@REMOVE_ALLCAPS_adoguy.com

date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:13:19 +0000 (UTC)   author:   Shawn Wildermuth

Re: Is Everyone Writing Converters?   

I'm afraid the answer is yes. IMHO, that's one of the main lacks in WPF. 
Same thing if u have to make a simple calculation on your data before 
presenting them.
I've heard about an undocumented API to do that deep inside the framework 
but I don't know more...


"Shawn Wildermuth"  wrote in message 
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>I am writing some XAML where the data I am binding needs some formatting 
>(e.g. numbers, dates, etc.).  If my rounds through the books and web are 
>correct, WPF expects me to write converters for simple formatting.  Maybe 
>I've missed it, but is there a simple string converter in the framework? I 
>know I can write in in several lines of code, but that's true with much of 
>the .NET framework.  A simple converter that allows me to specify a format 
>string as a ConverterParameter would be great, but to use it in Blend and 
>other tools, it has to be created early as GAC'd.  To paraphrase a famous 
>singer, for converters, "GAC is Whack!"...
>
> Anyone know of a good solution that doesn't require either I get someone 
> else's converter or write my own?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shawn Wildermuth
> Microsoft MVP (C#)
> http://wildermuthconsulting.com
> mailto:swildermuth@REMOVE_ALLCAPS_adoguy.com
>
>

date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:04:49 +0100   author:   Pon