value-converter

Are value converters instantiated per-binding in WPF?

Is a separate WPF value converter object instantiated for each binding that a particular value converter class is used in? I am trying to create a two-way bit-to-boolean value converter. I would like to be able to bind a bool property (such as IsChecked) to a bit in a value type (like a ushort). I'm using the converter's parameter arg...

CultureInfo on a IValueConverter implementation

When a ValueConverter is used as part of a binding, one of the parameters to the Convert function is a System.Globalization.CultureInfo object. Can anyone tell me where this culture object gets its info from? I have some code that formats a date based on that culture. When i access my silverlight control which is hosted on my machine, ...