En el ejemplo de cdigo siguiente se muestra cmo implementar la interfaz IValueConverter y utilizar el convertidor cuando los datos estn enlazados

a una coleccin de objetos.

XAML
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White"> <Grid.Resources> <local:DateFormatter x:Key="FormatConverter" /> </Grid.Resources> <ComboBox Height="60" Width="200" x:Name="MusicCombo" ItemsSource="{Binding}"> <ComboBox.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <StackPanel> <TextBlock FontWeight="Bold" Text="{Binding Path=Name, Mode=OneWay}" /> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Artist, Mode=OneWay}" /> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=ReleaseDate, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource FormatConverter}, ConverterParameter=\{0:d\}}" /> </StackPanel> </DataTemplate> </ComboBox.ItemTemplate> </ComboBox> </Grid>

Imports System.Collections.ObjectModel Imports System.Windows.Data ... Partial Public Class Page Inherits UserControl Public MyMusic As New ObservableCollection(Of Recording)() Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() ' Add items to the collection. MyMusic.Add(New Recording("Sheryl Crow", "Detours", New DateTime(2008, 2, 5))) MyMusic.Add(New Recording("Brandi Carlisle", "The Story", New DateTime(2007, 4, 3))) MyMusic.Add(New Recording("Patty Griffin", "Children Running Through", New DateTime(2007, 2, 6))) ' Set the data context for the combo box. MusicCombo.DataContext = MyMusic

End Sub End Class ' Simple business object. Public Class Recording Public Sub New() End Sub Public Sub New(ByVal artistName As String, ByVal cdName As String, _ ByVal release As DateTime) Artist = artistName Name = cdName ReleaseDate = release End Sub Private artistValue As String Private nameValue As String Private releaseDateValue As DateTime Public Property Artist() As String Get Return artistValue End Get Set(ByVal value As String) artistValue = value End Set End Property Public Property Name() As String Get Return nameValue End Get Set(ByVal value As String) nameValue = value End Set End Property Public Property ReleaseDate() As DateTime Get Return releaseDateValue End Get Set(ByVal value As DateTime) releaseDateValue = value End Set End Property End Class Public Class DateFormatter Implements IValueConverter ' This converts the DateTime object to the string to display. Public Function Convert(ByVal value As Object, ByVal targetType As Type, _ ByVal parameter As Object, ByVal culture As System.Globalization.CultureInfo) As Object _ Implements IValueConverter.Convert ' Retrieve the format string and use it to format the value. Dim formatString As String = TryCast(parameter, String) If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(formatString) Then Return String.Format(culture, formatString, value)

End If ' If the format string is null or empty, simply call ToString() ' on the value. Return value.ToString() End Function ' No need to implement converting back on a one-way binding. Public Function ConvertBack(ByVal value As Object, ByVal targetType As Type, _ ByVal parameter As Object, _ ByVal culture As System.Globalization.CultureInfo) As Object _ Implements IValueConverter.ConvertBack Throw New NotImplementedException() End Function End Class