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# 202 - Silverlight - Learning how to use Value Converters


9/9/2011
Level: Beginner
Tags: Windows Phone 7 Silverlight
Author:
Derik Whittaker


This episode we are we are going to take a look at how to use and harness the power of Value Converters.

A Value Converter (IValueConverter) allows for you to perform custom logic during Bind time in XAML based applications. With a value converter you can implement pretty much any type of complex logic you want (bool to visibility, changing styles, etc) at runtime and have this logic extracted away in a stand alone class.

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