Set text from Page to UserControl TextBlock in metro style apps

Question

Hi.

I have created UserControl with TextBlock and created a page using Metro style app template. and at the run time i have loaded the usercontrol on page on grid control using GridName.Children.Add(new UserControl()).

-Now i want set the text from the page to UserControl TextBlock.

Please help me how it can be done.

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Ravi Shankar

Answer 1

Hi Ravi,

can you please insert your code block and when to add the text at the point of load?

or from UI?

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Answer 2

MainPage.Xaml

<Page
    x:Class="Test.MainPage"
    IsTabStop="false"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="using:Test"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <Grid Background="Green">
        <Grid x:Name="grdUserControl"></Grid>
    </Grid>
</Page>

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MainPage.xaml.cs

public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
    {
        public MainPage()
        {
            this.InitializeComponent();
            loadUserControl();
            DispalayMessageOnUserControl();
        }

        private void DispalayMessageOnUserControl()
        {
            txtBlock.Text = "Some Text";
        }

        private void loadUserControl()
        {
            grdUserControl.Children.Add(new MyUserControl());
        }
    }

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MyUserControl.xaml 

<UserControl
    x:Class="Test.MyUserControl"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="using:Test"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    d:DesignHeight="300"
    d:DesignWidth="400">
    
    <Grid>
        <StackPanel>
            <TextBlock x:Name="txtBlock" FontSize="25"></TextBlock>
        </StackPanel>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

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Ravi Shankar

Answer 3

Hii Use this in this method "DispalayMessageOnUserControl"

var x = (MyUserControl)grdUserControl.Children[0];      
var myTx = (TextBlock)x.FindName("txtBlock");
myTx.Text = "Some Text";

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Answer 4

Thanks.

It's Working.

Can you please tell me how can we display text to any UI component from and Class or other threads?

Regards

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Ravi Shankar