Different datatypes as dependencyproperty in WPF custom control

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I am trying to create a custom control, in that custom control I want to give option to bind uint, int and float data type as a property and want to set the property in xaml.How can I proceed that?
Please give the way.

What I have tried:

public static readonly DependencyProperty CustDatatypeProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("DataTypeValue", typeof(whatshoulIgiveHere), typeof(RangeControl), new UIPropertyMetadata(null));

   public whatType DataTypeValue
   {
       get { return (whatType )GetValue(CustDatatypeProperty ); }
       set { SetValue(CustDatatypeProperty , value); }
   }

Posted 18-Jul-17 1:40am

atigyo

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LLLLGGGG 18-Jul-17 9:50am

uint, int and float can all be casted implicitly to double... So if you don't need to use large integer values, use double and you'll be fine...

atigyo 18-Jul-17 10:22am

Thanks.this can be done but what if I want to give other datatypes?I am curious about this.

LLLLGGGG 18-Jul-17 13:20pm

You could write a simple class like

public class MysteriousType{object o;Type t;}

and then cast o to the type t... it works, but it's a horrible solution.The best would be writing classes in hierarchy using inheritance and pass an instance of a base class. Then with the is operator you can handle the rest.

atigyo 19-Jul-17 1:18am

thank you,I am going to try that.Could you be more specific about it?

atigyo 20-Jul-17 3:24am

thank you,
Same thing I attended.after that I created Enumeration of datatypes and did TryParse to get desired output.

Graeme_Grant 18-Jul-17 23:06pm

There is a tonne of helpful information that can be found with Google search... Here is one example: DependencyProperty | Search Results | 2,000 Things You Should Know About WPF[^]

atigyo 19-Jul-17 1:18am

thank you!

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