Use MVVM Light’s Messenger to Pass Values Between View Model

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Say I have two ViewModels and a ViewModelLocator. I want to be able to pass parameters between all three without issue. How would I go about doing this with the messenger? Is it capable of that?

That’s exactly what it’s for, yes.

To send a message:

MessengerInstance.Send(payload, token);

To receive a message:

MessengerInstance.Register<PayloadType>(
    this, token, payload => SomeAction(payload));

There are many overloads, so without knowing exactly what you’re trying to accomplish via the messenger, I won’t go into all of them, but the above should cover the simple case of wanting to send and receive a message with a payload.

Note that “token” can be really anything that identifies the message. While a string is often used for this, I prefer to use an enum because it’s a little safer and enables intellisense, “find usages”, etc.

For example:

public enum MessengerToken
{
    BrushChanged,
    WidthChanged,
    HeightChanged
}

Then your send/receive would be something like:

// sending view model
MessengerInstance.Send(Brushes.Red, MessengerToken.BrushChanged);

// receiving view model

// put this line in the constructor
MessengerInstance.Register<Brush>(this, token, brush => ChangeColor(brush));

public void ChangeColor(Brush brush)
{
    Brush = brush;
}

[EDIT] URL to devuxer’s comment below changed to:
http://blog.galasoft.ch/posts/2009/09/mvvm-light-toolkit-messenger-v2/

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