If you declare a read-only property as defined by the two ways below, you cannot bind a property to it by using IDE (database icon is not available in this case):
1.
private static DependencyProperty TextToDisplayProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("TextToDisplay", typeof(System.String), typeof(Activity1));
[Description("The text to output to the console")]
public string TextToDisplay
{
get { return (string)base.GetValue(Activity1.TextToDisplayProperty); }
}
2.
DependencyProperty.Register("TextToDisplay", typeof(System.String), typeof(Activity1), new PropertyMetadata(DependencyPropertyOptions.ReadOnly));
set { base.SetValue(Activity1.TextToDisplayProperty, value); }
Although there exists a crippled way to make it happen anyway here's the statement of the Microsoft Product Group :
"General guidance is that read only properties should not be bound. The UI allows it due to the bug. In dev10 we will fix this and it should no longer be possible through the designer, but probably still possible in code. Please avoid using this pattern. We know it works, but it’s not supported or tested. Anyway, we will not disable it in code, since we now know someone has a dependency on it."
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