Problem with WPF Data Binding Defined in Code Not Updating UI Elements

Question

I need to define new UI Elements as well as data binding in code because they will be implemented after run-time. Here is a simplified version of what I am trying to do.

Data Model:

public class AddressBook : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    private int _houseNumber;
    public int HouseNumber
    {
        get { return _houseNumber; }
        set { _houseNumber = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("HouseNumber"); }
    }

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    protected void NotifyPropertyChanged(string sProp)
    {
        if (PropertyChanged != null)
        {
            PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(sProp));
        }
    }
}

Binding in Code:

AddressBook book = new AddressBook();
book.HouseNumber = 123;
TextBlock tb = new TextBlock();
Binding bind = new Binding("HouseNumber");
bind.Source = book;
bind.Mode = BindingMode.OneWay;
tb.SetBinding(TextBlock.TextProperty, bind); // Text block displays "123"
myGrid.Children.Add(tb);
book.HouseNumber = 456; // Text block displays "123" but PropertyChanged event fires

When the data is first bound, the text block is updated with the correct house number. Then, if I change the house number in code later, the book's PropertyChanged event fires, but the text block is not updated. Can anyone tell me why?

Thanks, Ben

Answer 1

The root of it was that the string I passed to PropertyChangedEventArgs did not EXACTLY match the name of the property. I had something like this:

public int HouseNumber
{
    get { return _houseNumber; }
    set { _houseNumber = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("HouseNum"); }
}

Where it should be this:

public int HouseNumber
{
    get { return _houseNumber; }
    set { _houseNumber = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("HouseNumber"); }
}

Yikes! Thanks for the push in the right direction.