Custom Markup Extensions in Silverlight 5: Part 2

In this post we will see how we can pass the parameters using Custom Markup Extensions .

Now that we have a understanding of how Custom Markup Extensions work in Silverlight lets quickly get into the code .

I modify my class FirstCME as shown as below :

public class FirstCME : IMarkupExtension<string>
    {
        public object value1 { get; set; }

        public object value2 { get; set; }

        public string ProvideValue(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
        {
            double _val1 = Convert.ToDouble(value1);
            double _val2 = Convert.ToDouble(value2);

            return (_val1 + _val2).ToString();
        }
    }

Go ahead and modify the xaml to pass the value to the parameters . It would look like below :

<UserControl x:Class="SLCustomMarkup.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SLCustomMarkup"    
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400">

    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
        <TextBlock Text="{local:FirstCME value1=10,value2=20}"></TextBlock>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>


Lets give it a run and see the output :




The above xaml code could be modified as shown below : It would still work the same way . Here we pass the parameters in a Angular Bracket < > Format .




Lets now give it a run :



In the next post on Custom Markup Extensions we will see what are the advantages of Custom Markup Extensions . Thanks . Happy Coding.