FAKE ERROR REPORTING

Giorgio Sfiligoi 676 Reputation points
2025-10-24T20:00:33.59+00:00

In my MET MAUI app I have a popup where the user is supposed to enter a password. Following is a partial snippet:

<Entry x:Name="password" IsPassword="True" HorizontalOptions="Fill" />

<Button Text="OK" Margin="20,0"
        Command="{Binding AcceptCommand}"
        CommandParameter="{Binding Text, Source={x:Reference password}, Mode=OneWay, x:DataType='Entry'}"/>

When the button 'OK' is clicked, it reports the password in the CommandParameter.

Oddly the compiler higlights Binding Text and reports the error: 'Text' is not accessible.

However, the compilation completes successfully and the program runs - then it was not an error after all.

This happens both in NET 9.0 and NET 10. I am using VS 2026.

Can anybody explain this apparent inconsistency, and suggest a method to avoid this annoying fake error?

Developer technologies | .NET | .NET Multi-platform App UI

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  2. Starry Night 630 Reputation points
    2025-10-27T02:01:35.87+00:00

    Please try the following code, which works on my side:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    <ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
                 xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
                 xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MauiApp1027"
                 x:Class="MauiApp1027.MainPage">
        <ContentPage.BindingContext>
            <local:TestViewModel></local:TestViewModel>
        </ContentPage.BindingContext>
       <VerticalStackLayout
                Padding="30,0"
                Spacing="25">
                <Entry x:Name="password" IsPassword="True"  HorizontalOptions="Fill" />
                <Button Text="OK" Margin="20,0"
            Command="{Binding AcceptCommand}"
            CommandParameter="{Binding x:DataType='Entry', Path= Text, Source={x:Reference password}, Mode=OneWay  }" />
       </VerticalStackLayout>
    </ContentPage>
    

    TestViewModel.cs

        public class TestViewModel
        {
            public ICommand AcceptCommand { get; set; }
            public TestViewModel() {
                AcceptCommand = new Command <string>(acceptCommand);
            }
            private void acceptCommand(string obj)
            {
                 App.Current.MainPage.DisplayAlert("Alert", "The passed data is: "+ obj, "OK");
            }
        }
    

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