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>>Hi John,
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>>I haven't tried your last edit, but changing to this did work. I am not sure if changing from a TemplateBinding is a bad thing or not.
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>>Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=ViewData.Text1}"
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>Like I said, without more code I was just giving you a wild guess.
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>That binding looks just fine, if it's working I would run with it.
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>Glad you got it.
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>John

thanks John,
Still wrapping my mind around all the nuances of WPF so will surely have more questions over time.
Tim