Question

I have a property (MainStudent) in my Page class:

public partial class AddStudent : Page
{
    public AddStudent()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        MainStudent = new Student();
    }

    public Student MainStudent
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
}

What is the best way to bind FirstName property of MainStudent Property (Student Class has some methods. For example: FirstName, LastName.) to Text property of TextBox in XAML?

Answer 1

If your Page has properties that refer only to Student you can set its DataContext directly there, as last line in your current constructor:

this.DataContext = this.MainStudent;

and then in XAML do bindings directly to the properties of Student:

<TextBox Text="{Binding FistName}"></TextBox>

Or else your can set the DataContext of your Page to itself:

this.DataContext = this;

and do bindings like:

<TextBox Text="{Binding MainStudent.FirstName}"></TextBox>