Binding the textBox border color.

[Igor]

Hello,

In order to change the border color of the TextBox i use:
textBox1.TextBoxElement.Border.ForeColor = Color.Red;
How can i achieve this using data binding?

Looking forward to your reply.      

[Boryana]

Hi Igor,

Thank you for writing.

You can use the simple binding mechanism to bind the ForeColor property to the Text property of another control, for example:

RadTextBox textBox1 = new RadTextBox();
RadTextBox textBox2 = new RadTextBox();
textBox1.DataBindings.Add("Text", textBox2.TextBoxElement.Border, "ForeColor", true, DataSourceUpdateMode.OnPropertyChanged);

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask if you have any additional questions.  

Kind regards,
Juliana
the Telerik team

[Boryana]

Hi Igor,

Please consider the following approach:

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.myTextBox1.DataBindings.Add("BorderColor", MyObj, "Color");
    }
}

public class MyTextBox : RadTextBox
{
    public Color BorderColor
    {
        get
        {
            return this.TextBoxElement.Border.ForeColor;
        }
        set
        {
            this.TextBoxElement.Border.ForeColor = value;
            OnNotifyPropertyChanged("BorderColor");
        }
    }

    public override string ThemeClassName
    {
        get
        {
            return typeof(RadTextBox).FullName;
        }
    }
}

I hope this is the solution you are looking for. Let me know if you have further questions.

Kind regards,
Boryana
the Telerik team