How to Use Crosslight v2 IValueConverter in BindingProvider Objects?

2 replies. Last post: August 27, 2014 12:46 AM by Hans Kristian
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Hi,


We have a code snippet below, but this isn't working for BindingProviders. Well, not for null values anyway. See, that's the thing... what if you want to convert a null value into something else? Why is IValueConverter.Convert not being triggered if the value bound to a property is null? If we're missing something, please let us know.

var p_ActualCash = new BindingDescription("Item.ActualCash") { StringFormat = "{0:c2}", Converter = new NullValueConverter() };
var p_ActualToken = new BindingDescription("Item.ActualToken") { StringFormat = "{0:n0}", Converter = new NullValueConverter() };

this.AddBinding("ActualCashLabel", BindableProperties.TextProperty, p_ActualCash);
this.AddBinding("ActualTokeLabel", BindableProperties.TextProperty, p_ActualToken);


The goal of this is to display zero instead of empty string when the value bound to a Text property is null. And the StringFormat should be able to format the zero value. We could use TextField controls and assign placeholder values but that's just a weak solution, especially since currency symbols depend on mobile's culture info. Please advise.

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