Data Binding in the Silverlight Designer

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Data binding is the process that establishes a connection between the application UI and business logic. The Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010 provides a data binding builder, design-time attributes, and other options for creating data bindings at design time. 

In This Section

• How to: Create an ElementName Data Binding by Using the Silverlight Designer
  Describes how to bind an element's property value to a property on another named element by using the Silverlight Designer.

• Walkthrough: Creating a Data Binding by Using the Silverlight Designer
  Shows how to use the Silverlight Designer to create data bindings that connect data to a control.

• How to: Set Data Binding Properties by Using the Silverlight Designer
  Shows how to use the Silverlight Designer to set properties on a data binding that connects data to a control.

• Walkthrough: Using a DesignInstance to Bind to Data in the Silverlight Designer
  Shows how to use the Silverlight Designer to create data bindings at design time for a data context that is assigned at run time.

• Walkthrough: Using Sample Data in the Silverlight Designer
  Shows how to use sample data in the Silverlight Designer to create data bindings at design time.

• Design-Time Attributes in the Silverlight Designer
  Describes the design-time attributes that enable layouts with data at design time.

Related Sections

• Data Binding
  Describes concepts and features related to data binding.

• Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010
  Describes the Silverlight designer support in Visual Studio 2010.

• Binding Silverlight Controls to Data in Visual Studio
  Describes how to use the Data Sources window with the Silverlight designer.