Appending String While Databinding in Silverlight xaml Question

Question

I have a control which accepts a string but when displaying it i want to append "Hello" to that string right in xaml how do i do it?

Answer 1

You can bind to the property and use the StringFormat:

<TextBlock Text=”{Binding Path=UserName, StringFormat=’Hello \{0\} ’}“/>

Some more info can be found here: http://www.designersilverlight.com/2010/05/28/silverlight-4-binding-and-stringformat-in-xaml/