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Given the following:

public partial class MyCustomControl : UserControl, IValueConverter

How would I go about setting the XAML to access the already (Self) created instance of the control to do the conversion?

<TextBlock Text="{Binding Converter={ ??? }}" />

The reason I am doing this is because I have a DP on the control that tells me what property of the object I need to reflect through to display it's value in the text of that TextBlock. So... if I implement IValueConverter in the codebehind, and tell it to use that as the converter, as long as it's using the same instance, I should be able to get everything I need.

Thanks!

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    I would definitely recommend changing your logic into it's own type, simply because it's a separation of concerns then. Your user control shouldn't have to be also a TypeConverter; it's a different logical thing. It also becomes trivially easy to use your TypeConverter then.
    – Tejs
    Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 18:58
  • Did you try to use (self) keyword?
    – Tigran
    Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 19:04
  • The problem with that is getting the property to reflect out at that point. If I have a seperate converter, the only thing I'll see is the object that's bound to the item. Considering this is a usercontrol and the property I need to reflect out is unknown until the user of the control sets it, I need a way to get that object as well as the property to reflect out.
    – Mike
    Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 19:04
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    Yes I tried self, didn't work.
    – Mike
    Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 19:05
  • Did you try to declare MyCustomControl like a static resource and statically link it to Converter?
    – Tigran
    Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 19:07

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Bad idea, create a separate converter. If you need more information in it just add properties to it (e.g. one for the whole UserControl)

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