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

# PadTarget

Padding arguments use this enum to declare whether fixed-width formatting should happen on the UI-facing control value or on the business-object value being written back. That split lets the binding framework support display-only padding and persisted padding as separate behaviors during binder registration.

## Purpose

- Directs `clsObjectBindManager` to assign `PadArgs` to either `ControlPadding` or `ObjectPadding` on the binder.
- Separates display formatting concerns from stored-value normalization.


## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Object | `PadTarget.Object` | Applies padding when the binder writes a value back to the bound object property. |
| Control | `PadTarget.Control` | Applies padding when the binder formats the value sent to the UI control. |


## Behavioral notes

- `PadArgs.Target` defaults to `Control`, so padding is display-oriented unless registration code explicitly chooses the object side.
- `clsObjectBindManager` copies the same `PadArgs` shape to the binder's control-padding or object-padding slot based on this value.


## Constraints and usage notes

- Pick `Object` only when persisted or validated values must include the pad characters, not just the rendered control text.
- A padding target has no effect unless the chosen binder supports the shared base-class padding helpers.
## Sources

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