wpf trouble using dependency properties in a UserControl

Question

I made a UserControl that is meant to be updated once every few seconds with data from a serial port. This UserControl should be very simple, consisting of a Label for a fi

Answer 1

If you want to bind to properties of the control, you should specify so in the binding. Bindings are evaluated relative to DataContext if their source isn't explicitly specified, so your binding doesn't bind to your control, but to the inherited context (which is likely missing the property you're binding to). What you need is: