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

Converts a data binding collection to the specified type.

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

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

Parameters

context
Type: System.ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext
An ITypeDescriptorContext that indicates the component or control to which the data binding collection belongs.
culture
Type: System.Globalization::CultureInfo
A CultureInfo that can be used to provide additional culture information.
value
Type: System::Object
The object to convert.
destinationType
Type: System::Type
The type to convert to.

Return Value

Type: System::Object
The object produced by the type conversion. If the destinationType parameter is of type String, this method returns an empty string ("").

This method returns an empty string if the destinationType parameter is of type String. Otherwise this method calls the ConvertTo method of the base TypeConverter class.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

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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