>I have a Job object that includes a reference to a customer object that has data about the customer (from Linq-to-Sql call).
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>So, how do I bind to the properties on the Customer reference that is within the Job item which is the DataContext for my ContentControl?
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>For instance, the pseudo path to the phone number is like this:
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>Job.Customer.phone
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>so how do I poiont to that in the XAML?
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>I tried (with no luck):
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>             <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Customer.phone}" />
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I struggled with that one too, ended up extending the entity class like this:

public partial class JobItem
  {
  public string  Phone { get { return Customer.phone; } }
  }

If you come up with a better solution let me know.<g>