Passing a parameter using RelayCommand defined in the ViewModel (from Josh Smith example)

Question

I would like to pass a parameter defined in the XAML (View) of my application to the ViewModel class by using the RelayCommand. I followed Josh Smith\'s excellent article o

Answer 1

Here is a simple solution for the commandparameter as I was looking for help on the subject. I could not find anything online that was simple enough. The following solution works well when you are using a relaycommand. I had a few hyperlinks for which I needed to get the url value that was clicked using the command parameter.

Step 1: In your relay command, create a simple property that will hold the parameter object value. You could call it parametervalue or any name that you prefer.

public object ParameterValue
{
  get;
  set;
}

Step 2: In the Execute Method of the RelayCommand class, set the value or the property created above to the parameter from the Execute method.

readonly Action