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ColorConverter::ConvertTo Method (ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object, Type)

Converts the specified object to another type.

Namespace:  System.Drawing
Assembly:  System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)

public:
virtual Object^ ConvertTo(
	ITypeDescriptorContext^ context, 
	CultureInfo^ culture, 
	Object^ value, 
	Type^ destinationType
) override

Parameters

context
Type: System.ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext

A formatter context. Use this object to extract additional information about the environment from which this converter is being invoked. Always check whether this value is nullptr. Also, properties on the context object may return nullptr.

culture
Type: System.Globalization::CultureInfo

A CultureInfo that specifies the culture to represent the color.

value
Type: System::Object

The object to convert.

destinationType
Type: System::Type

The type to convert the object to.

Return Value

Type: System::Object
An Object representing the converted value.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

destinationtype is nullptr.

NotSupportedException

The conversion cannot be performed.

The most common conversion is to or from a string.

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

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
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