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TimeSpanSecondsOrInfiniteConverter.ConvertFrom Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Configuration
Assembly:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll
Assembly:
System.Configuration.dll
Package:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v6.0.0
Package:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v7.0.0
Package:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v8.0.0
Package:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v9.0.0-preview.3.24172.9
Source:
TimeSpanSecondsOrInfiniteConverter.cs
Source:
TimeSpanSecondsOrInfiniteConverter.cs
Source:
TimeSpanSecondsOrInfiniteConverter.cs
Source:
TimeSpanSecondsOrInfiniteConverter.cs

Converts a String to a TimeSpan.

public:
 override System::Object ^ ConvertFrom(System::ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext ^ ctx, System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ ci, System::Object ^ data);
public override object ConvertFrom (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext ctx, System.Globalization.CultureInfo ci, object data);
override this.ConvertFrom : System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext * System.Globalization.CultureInfo * obj -> obj
Public Overrides Function ConvertFrom (ctx As ITypeDescriptorContext, ci As CultureInfo, data As Object) As Object

Parameters

ctx
ITypeDescriptorContext

The ITypeDescriptorContext object used for type conversions.

ci
CultureInfo

The CultureInfo object used during conversion.

data
Object

The String object to convert.

Returns

Object

The TimeSpan.MaxValue, if the data parameter is the String "infinite"; otherwise, the TimeSpan representing the data parameter in seconds.

Examples

Refer to the code examples in the InfiniteTimeSpanConverter and TimeSpanMinutesConverter classes.

Remarks

The system uses ConvertFrom when reading from a configuration file to convert a String value to TimeSpan, or the String "infinite" to MaxValue.

Applies to