In a previous Tip of the Day, I talked about using the content property of the Silverlight control (plug-in).
Previous documentation suggested that other XAML objects also have a content property, that is the content within the XAML element, as opposed to the content set specifically as a property.
That erroneous documentation differentiates setting the text in a textblock using the text property
<TextBlock Name="TextBlock1" Canvas.Left ="10" Canvas.Top ="50" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Width ="75" Text="Text Property!"/>
from setting the text in the TextBlock as content <TextBlock Name="TextBlock2" Canvas.Left="150" Canvas.Top="50" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold"> Text Content! </TextBlock> </Canvas>
It turns out that the TextBlock does not have a content member. Whether set explicitly as a property or as the content of the XAML element, you retrieve the text from the TextBlock using the text property
handleLoad: function(plugIn, userContext, rootElement) { this.plugIn = plugIn; var tb1 = this.plugIn.content.FindName("TextBlock1"); var tb2 = this.plugIn.content.FindName("TextBlock2"); alert("TextBlock1: " + tb1.Text); alert("TextBlock2: " + tb2.Text); }