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I have this text inside a XAML that I want to change from "123ABC" to "456DEF".

<TextBlock x:Name="driverStatusValue" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="205,45,0,0" Grid.RowSpan="2" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="123ABC" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="#FFA4C400"/>

I have this function that shows a messagebox, I also want this function to change the x:Name="driverStatusValue" to change. How? I can't find anything that could help me with this in the Windows Phone API documentation. 

private void drive_click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   MessageBox.Show("Text changed!");
}
Jack
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To change the text of your control, just access the control by its name and change the Text property:

private void drive_click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   this.driverStatusValue.Text = "456DEF";
}

As to change the Name property, although I think it would be technically possible, I can't think of a single situation where that would be a good idea. The name is used to identify a control, therefore you're not supposed to change it at runtime. Why would you want to do that?

Kevin Gosse
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  • Thanks for your answer, just what I needed! The question you have there, must have arisen through a misunderstanding. If so, please forgive me. I got the answers I needed. Thank you very much! – Jack Jun 12 '13 at 12:17