Concatenate strings instead of using a stack of TextBlocks

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There is StringFormat property (in .NET 3.5 SP1), which you probably can use. And usefull WPF binding cheat sheat can found here.
If it doesn’t help, you can allways write your own ValueConverter or custom property for your object.

Just checked, you can use StringFormat with multibinding. In your case code will be something like this:

<TextBlock>
  <TextBlock.Text>
    <MultiBinding StringFormat=" {0} - {1}">
        <Binding Path="Number"/>
        <Binding Path="Name"/>
    </MultiBinding>
  </TextBlock.Text>
</TextBlock>

I had to start format string with space, otherwise Visual Studio wouldn’t build, but I think you will find way get around it 🙂

Edit
The space is needed in the StringFormat to keep the parser from treating {0} as an actual binding. Other alternatives:

<!-- use a space before the first format -->
<MultiBinding StringFormat=" {0} - {1}">

<!-- escape the formats -->
<MultiBinding StringFormat="\{0\} - \{1\}">

<!-- use {} before the first format -->
<MultiBinding StringFormat="{}{0} - {1}">

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