This document discusses working with converters in Silverlight. It explains that converters allow data in bindings to be modified or formatted before being displayed in the UI, such as formatting dates or prices. It describes how to implement converters by implementing the IValueConverter interface with Convert and ConvertBack methods, and notes that converters minimize code in the UI and provide reusable conversion logic. It also briefly mentions the two types of converters: value converters and type converters, and provides an example of using a type converter.

1. Working with Converters Silverlight Mahender Senior Software Engineer United Health Group

2. Mahender Sarangam Having 5 years of experience on .NET Technologies. Working as a Senior Software Engineer in United Health Group(UHG India Information Service Ltd.). Worked with Big Firms like Deloitte Consulting & Wipro Technology. Got Technical Acquaintance on Technologies like C#, ASP.NET,AJAX, LINQ, Silverlight, WPF,WCF ,SQL Server, Team Foundation Server(TFS) and SharePoint Technology. MCTS Certified in Web Technologies.

6. How to Implement Value converters are extremely powerful. They implement IValueConverter, and they have two methods: Convert and ConvertBack. Value converters are valuable in minimizing the code required directly in the UI and in providing reuse of conversion logic They Are 2 types of Converter 1) Value Converter 2) Type converters They are used throughout the .NET framework to handle translation of one CLR type to another

7. public class TestClass : Control { [TypeConverter(typeof(BorderTypeConverter))] public Border Border { get { return (Border)GetValue(BorderProperty); } set { SetValue(BorderProperty, value); } } public static readonlyDependencyPropertyBorderProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("Border", typeof(Border), typeof(TestClass), null); }

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