---
title: CustomBindingControls
summary: API reference for CustomBindingControls.
status: draft
owner: SAIF documentation team
last_reviewed: 2026-08-17
library: SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103
reference_type: embedded
---

# CustomBindingControls

Dual-binding registration uses this enum as a binder-selection key, allowing `clsObjectBindManager.AddDualBinder()` to instantiate the correct concrete binder when a control displays one object/property pair but validates against another. It defines the limited set of control families that participate in this cross-binding pattern.

## Purpose

- Maps a dual-binding request to the concrete binder class that can manage that control type.
- Constrains cross-validation scenarios to the control families explicitly supported by `AddDualBinder()`.


## Context

- Namespace: `SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103` (embedded/bundled as source, not independently packaged)

## Public members

| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TextBox | `CustomBindingControls.TextBox` | Builds a text-box binder for dual binding between displayed content and a separate validation source. |
| DropDownList | `CustomBindingControls.DropDownList` | Builds a drop-down binder for dual binding when selection display and validation target differ. |
| SAIFWebMaskEdit | `CustomBindingControls.SAIFWebMaskEdit` | Builds the SAIF mask-edit binder, optionally using supplied mask-edit argument objects. |
| WebDateTimeEdit | `CustomBindingControls.WebDateTimeEdit` | Builds a classic Infragistics date-time-edit binder, with optional target-as-string configuration. |
| WebTextEdit | `CustomBindingControls.WebTextEdit` | Builds a classic Infragistics text-edit binder for dual-bound text entry. |
| WebMaskEdit | `CustomBindingControls.WebMaskEdit` | Builds a classic Infragistics mask-edit binder, with optional target object data type configuration. |


## Behavioral notes

- `clsObjectBindManager.AddDualBinder()` switches on this enum and then calls `SetDualBinding()` on the selected binder so binding and validation can target different object/property pairs.
- Only the members listed here are supported by the dual-binding factory path; there is no fallback binder for other control families.


## Constraints and usage notes

- Pass any required binder-specific argument object when using SAIF mask-edit, date-time-edit, or mask-edit control types.
- The enum does not cover newer grid, editor, or checkbox binders, so those controls cannot be registered through `AddDualBinder()` without code changes.

## Sources

- `SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103\Enums.vb`
- `SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103\clsObjectBindManager.vb`