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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.

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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