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 ToObject Method (Type, Object)

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Enum..::.ToObject Method (Type, Object)

Returns an instance of the specified enumeration set to the specified value.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Shared Function ToObject ( _
    enumType As Type, _
    value As Object _
) As Object
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim enumType As Type
Dim value As Object
Dim returnValue As Object

returnValue = Enum.ToObject(enumType, _
    value)
C#
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public static Object ToObject(
    Type enumType,
    Object value
)
Visual C++
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public:
static Object^ ToObject(
    Type^ enumType, 
    Object^ value
)
JScript
public static function ToObject(
    enumType : Type, 
    value : Object
) : Object

Parameters

enumType
Type: System..::.Type
An enumeration.
value
Type: System..::.Object
The value.

Return Value

Type: System..::.Object
An enumeration object whose value is value.
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

enumType is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentException

enumType is not an Enum.

-or-

value is not type SByte, Int16, Int32, Int64, Byte, UInt16, UInt32, or UInt64.

The value parameter is specified in terms of the underlying type of the enumeration.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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