Binding a label value to a value

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I am pretty new to WPF. I have a value from app.config. I want to binding a label to this value.

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<StackPanel Margin="10" VerticalAlignment="Top">
       <DockPanel VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="10">
           <Label DockPanel.Dock="Left" FontWeight="Bold" Target="{Binding}">Connect to Server:</Label>
       </DockPanel>

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C#

var value = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Key"]
               .ToString(); //1.1.1.1

What I want is the label content become:
Connect to Server: 1.1.1.1

Posted 17-Oct-14 4:09am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-17T05:21:00

I call it "CBS" (Compulsory Binding Syndrome). The solution is:

C#

labelKey.Content = value;
// Do I even have to explain why?

Of course, you need to add the attribute Name="labelKey" in XAML line with label declaration: <Label Name="labelKey" ... />.

References:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.label%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle[^].

The real purposes of binding are different. You may want to read on the topic.

We had an anecdote circulating, about one of the countries with notoriously spicy, peppery cuisine:

One traveler had trouble with this peppery cuisine, barely able to tolerate so much pepper. One day, he was sitting in a restaurant, thinking "What can I order to avoid getting so much pepper?". He got an idea an called a waiter:

"— Please, I want boiled eggs. Yes, just boiled, unshelled; serve the whole eggs, in the shells."

The kitchen did not produce anything for an hour or two; people started to worry.

"— What takes so long?"

"— Out chef is brainstorming with all the personnel: how to inject pepper in those eggs."

If you want boiled eggs, just boil them.

—SA