Bind method result to a Silverlight XAML TextBlock

Question

I have a function which, given a string, returns the string translated to German, linked to the xaml I want to edit:

public string convert (string label) {
    return Translator.translate (label);
}

This string is then used to label some parts of my interface with TextBlocks in Silverlight. This is one sample TextBlock of my code:

 <TextBlock Text="Center" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0"  HorizontalAlignment="Right" />

I would wish to modify the "Text" property to call convert passing the text "Center" as a parameter and show the return result as the Text. Is there any way to do that?

Greetings

Answer 1

You can make it a converter and apply it to the binding base in your TextBlock kind of like;

<TextBlock Text="{Binding Text, 
                  Converter={StaticResource YourTranslatorConverterThingy}}"/>

Here's just one article with a bit more explanation. Hope this helps.