Problem with binding button to function in mvvm

Question

I'm trying to bind a button to a function which is in an other project (MVVM). My XML-Code (View) looks like this:

<Button Click="{Binding PressMe}">Press Me!</Button>

and my ViewModel-Code like this:

    public void PressMe()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Ouch!");
    }

When I try to run the program the error "InvalidCastException: The Object of the type "System.Reflection.RuntimeEventInfo" couldn't be converted to the type "System.Reflection.MethodInfo". Any ideas?

Thanks for any reply

Click is supposed to be wired to an event handler in the code-behind file. You cannot bind to an event. You can bind to the `Command` property to a public `ICommand` source property. — mm8, Feb 05 '20 at 14:20

Erwin Draconis · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-06T07:16:43.487

if you are using MVVM as you assum, then you should use commands instead of click

<Button Command="{Binding Path=PressMe}" />

private ICommand _pressMe;

public ICommand PressMe
{
    get
    {
        if (_pressMe== null)
        {
            _pressMe= new RelayCommand(
                param => this.PressMeObject(), 
                param => this.CanPress()
            );
        }
        return _pressMe;
    }
}


private void PressMeObject()
{
    // Press me logic hier
}

private bool CanPress()
{
    // Verify command can be executed here
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 05 '20 at 14:27

Click is an event so you need code behind to make it work.

While I will suggest:

Replacing the "click" attribute with "Command".
Implement your Relay command or other third party libraries ( Eg: MVVM Light toolkit ).

Also ICommand MVVM implementation would help.

Problem with binding button to function in mvvm

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