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BaseCompareValidator::Convert Method (String, ValidationDataType, Boolean, Object%)

Converts the specified text into an object of the specified data type. This version of the overloaded method allows you to specify whether values are converted using a culture-neutral format.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

protected:
static bool Convert(
	String^ text, 
	ValidationDataType type, 
	bool cultureInvariant, 
	[OutAttribute] Object^% value
)

Parameters

text
Type: System::String
The text to convert.
type
Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls::ValidationDataType
One of the ValidationDataType values.
cultureInvariant
Type: System::Boolean
true to convert values to a culture-neutral format; otherwise, false.
value
Type: System::Object%
When this method returns, contains an object with the conversion result. This parameter is passed uninitialized.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean
true if the conversion is successful; otherwise, false.

The Convert(String, ValidationDataType, Boolean, Object%) method is used to convert text into an object of the specified data type. Although the method returns true or false to indicate whether the conversion was successful, the converted value is stored in the value out parameter.

NoteNote

If the conversion is unsuccessful, the value parameter is set to nullptr.

To indicate that values should be converted using a culture-neutral format, pass in true for the cultureInvariant parameter; otherwise, values are converted using the format used by the current culture. When converting a value using the format used by the current culture, consider using the BaseCompareValidator::Convert(String, ValidationDataType, Object%) overloaded version of this method.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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