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Asked: 2026-05-13T15:00:20+00:00

The system I’m working on uses a large number of custom value types internally.

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The system I’m working on uses a large number of custom value types internally. I’m working on a prototype UI using WPF. WPF does not know how to display the custom types. I know that I can write a custom ValueConverter to do this, but I really don’t want to have to specify the use of a converter every time I bind to a class in my XAML.

Is there an Interface I can implement in the custom value type that will let WPF know how to display it natively?

Or, is there a way I can specify an application-wide value converter that will apply to any instance of our custom type, without having to specify the ValueConveter in every binding expression?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Aha! Figured it out. I needed to write a TypeConverter and apply it to my custom types. This allows WPF to automatically figure out how to handle them without having to specify a template or converter in the XAML.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ayybcxe5.aspx

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