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Value converters are culture-aware. Both the Convert and ConvertBack methods have a culture parameter that indicates the cultural information.

Value converters are culture-aware. Both the Convert and ConvertBack methods have a culture parameter that indicates the cultural information.

Ref: IValueConverter

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WPF : An alternative way to specify a ValueConverter on binding

Most common way I encountered of specifying a value converter for a binding is to: 1. Create an instance of the value converter as a resource with a key. 2. Reference the instance using StaticResource markup extension:
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Entity Framework Core 7 apply custom ValueConverter to Inserts and Updates

I am struggling to understand how to apply a custom ValueConverter to all the properties of all the models before every insert and update. According to this resource it can be…
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EF Core - ValueConverter or OwnedType for simple ValueObjects?

I use value objects to encapsulate validations like maxLength. This is an extract of a sample class without factory method and validation: public class CallingName : ValueObject { public string Value { get; } public const int MaxLength =…
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AutoMapper 8 ConvertUsing(Complex,string)

I am trying to clean a string EmailInstructions during a mapping but it fails when I call Mapper.Configuration.AssertConfigurationIsValid(); with: No coercion operator is defined between types 'System.String' and 'ElectionViewModel' Here's my…
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Value Converter. Force WPF to call it only one time

let's say I have following code : So, I did not specified any binding information except Converter...Is it possible to force WPF to call it only one…
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Why do these two methods of loading images from SQL CE into a WPF Image produce different results?

In a ValueConverter, I was trying to convert a System.Data.Linq.Binary (SQL CE image) to a BitmapImage. This method works (image is show correctly on the form): public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, …
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MVVMCross WPF Value Converter with Tibet Binding Is Not Converting?

I am trying to make a value converter which takes a bool and returns the negation of it. The value converter itself is simple: namespace MyProject.Core.ValueConverters { using System; using System.Globalization; using…
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wpf converter in xaml

I know there are a few ways to use value converter in xaml, like using StaticResource to get converter from resources or Static to get from a static instance. My question is, for whatever reason, I have a converter instance created in the code…
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Is using value converters to generate GUI-friendly strings a misuse of value converters?

Currently, I use value converters to generate user-friendly strings for the GUI. As an example, I have a window that displays the number of available entities in the status bar. The Viewmodel simply has an int dependency property that the calling…
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Convert hex strings to integers

Visual Basic 2010: Recently in one of my projects I have been tasked with reading several data fields in hex. Each field is three characters long. So this is what I have been doing: 'Read the hex value and convert it to decimal Dim hexVal as string …
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Bind Image to ComboBox based on Object Enum Value

I have a Character Class that has an property Gender that is an Enum. What I want my code to do is to switch images based on what gender my Character is(if the character is male = male image). Where I am having the problem is how to correctly…
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WPF Value Converter Trigger Reconvertion at custom event?

Is there any way to force wpf to run the value converter again on a specific event?
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Milliseconds since epoch to dateformat C++

I have the milliseconds since epoch (windows/gregorian) for a specific time in long long int and would like to convert it to human time such as yy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss-milli. (My platform: Windows 7, 64bit) Unfortunately, all solutions I have found so far…
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How to convert DataGridView Column from string to decimal?

I'm hoping to find a simple way to convert an entire column in my datagridview from a string data type to a decimal. Something simple like this maybe? DataGridView1.Columns(4).ValueType = Decimal
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Numeric Converter (big integers in string format)

I'm trying to write a class in C# that converts a big number (string format) to any number system, I found this code at How to convert a gi-normous integer (in string format) to hex format? (C#) var s = "843370923007003347112437570992242323"; …
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