Dependency Property dependent on another

Question

How can one register a dependency property whose value is calculated using the value of another dependency property?

Because the .NET property wrappers are bypassed

Answer 1

Hmmm... I think you'd better look at dependency properties value coercion. Here is an example with coercion:

public class ViewModel : DependencyObject
{
  public bool TestBool
  {
    get { return (bool)GetValue(TestBoolProperty); }
    set { SetValue(TestBoolProperty, value); }
  }
  public static readonly DependencyProperty TestBoolProperty =
    DependencyProperty.Register("TestBool", typeof(bool), typeof(ViewModel), new PropertyMetadata(false, OnTestBoolPropertyChanged));

  private static void OnTestBoolPropertyChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
  {
    var vm = (ViewModel)d;
    vm.CoerceValue(TestDoubleProperty);
  }

  public double TestDouble
  {
    get { return ((double)GetValue(TestDoubleProperty)); }
    set { SetValue(TestDoubleProperty, value); }
  }
  public static readonly DependencyProperty TestDoubleProperty =
    DependencyProperty.Register("TestDouble", typeof(double), typeof(ViewModel), new PropertyMetadata(0.0, null, OnCoerceTestDouble));

  private static object OnCoerceTestDouble(DependencyObject d, object baseValue)
  {
    var vm = (ViewModel) d;
    var testBool = vm.TestBool;
    return ((testBool) ? (100.0) : (200.0));
  }
}

Answer 2

You're actually correct, you should use PropertyChangedCallback. Here's how:

public bool TestBool
{
  get { return (bool)GetValue(TestBoolProperty); }
  set 
  { 
    SetValue(TestBoolProperty, value);
  }
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty TestBoolProperty =
  DependencyProperty.Register("TestBool", typeof(bool), typeof(ViewModel),
  new PropertyMetadata(false, new PropertyChangedCallback(OnTestBoolChanged)));

private static void OnTestBoolChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
  ViewModel vm = d as ViewModel;
  vm.TestDouble = value ? 100.0 : 200.0;
}

public double TestDouble
{
  get { return ((double)GetValue(TestDoubleProperty)); }
  set { SetValue(TestDoubleProperty, value); }
}
public static readonly DependencyProperty TestDoubleProperty =
  DependencyProperty.Register("TestDouble", typeof(double), typeof(ViewModel));