Validate data binding in XAML in compile time

Question

I’m working on WPF based application. Environment is VS2008 SP1 with .NET 3.5 SP 1. In our development we are using MVVM pattern widely.

I.e. application developer

Answer 1

I agree with the previous answer. This is "by design" and there is no way to check it at compile time.

I've also found it a pain.

The best and only way I found is to check the Visual Studio debug output at runtime. Any binding error will be printed as soon as you open the window containing it.

I agree if you think it's a crappy and unreliable method, but it should work if you don't have a huge number of windows. You could create a semi-formal test practice where once in a while you open any window looking specifically for binding errors.