Set value to null in WPF binding
I am using .NET 3.5 SP1 so it's very simple:
<TextBox Text="{Binding Price, TargetNullValue=''}"/>
Which stands for (thanks Gregor for your comment):
<TextBox Text="{Binding Price, TargetNullValue={x:Static sys:String.Empty}}"/>
sys
is the imported xml namespace for System
in mscorlib
:
xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
Hope that helped.
This value converter should do the trick :
public class StringToNullableDecimalConverter : IValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter,
CultureInfo culture)
{
decimal? d = (decimal?)value;
if (d.HasValue)
return d.Value.ToString(culture);
else
return String.Empty;
}
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType,
object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
string s = (string)value;
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
return null;
else
return (decimal?)decimal.Parse(s, culture);
}
}
Declare an instance of this converter in the ressources :
<Window.Resources>
<local:StringToNullableDecimalConverter x:Key="nullDecimalConv"/>
</Window.Resources>
And use it in your binding :
<TextBox Text="{Binding Price, Converter={StaticResource nullDecimalConv}}"/>
Note that TargetNullValue
is not appropriate here : it is used to define which value should be used when the source
of the binding is null. Here Price
is not the source, it's a property of the source...
You can try using a ValueConverter (IValueConverter) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.data.ivalueconverter.aspx
Of the back of my head here, something like:
public class DoubleConverter : IValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType,
object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
return (double)value;
}
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType,
object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
var doubleValue = Convert.ToDouble(value);
return (doubleValue == 0 ? null : doubleValue);
}
}
(Might need some tweaking though)