Best way to create/edit a template programatically

Question

I could use FrameworkElementFactory to create a template, but this class is deprecated. The recommended way, according to MSDN is to use XamlReader.Load to load XAML from a string or a memory stream. I get this to work, but think this is kind of sad:

string xaml = "a lot of XAML";

Any suggestions to be able to do this in a better way?

What I really want to do is be able to dynamically change a Binding path in a DataTemplate.

<DataTemplate x:Key="DataTemplate1">
    <StackPanel>
        <TextBlock>Some text</TextBlock>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding ThePathIWantToChange}"/>
    </StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>

Answer 1

Jostein,

Wouldn't it be easier to change the property value and rise PropertyChanged event? Approach with updating whole data template looks like overkill for me.