Chapter 13. Data Binding

In WPF, the term data is generally used to describe an arbitrary .NET object. You can see this naming pattern in terms such as data binding, data templates, and data triggers, covered in this chapter and the next chapter. A piece of data could be a collection object, an XML file, a web service, a database table, a custom object, or even a WPF element such as a Button.

Therefore, data binding is about tying together arbitrary .NET objects. The classic scenario is providing a visual representation (for example, in a ...

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