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StringArrayConverter::ConvertFrom Method (ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object)

Converts the specified comma-separated string into an array of strings.

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

public:
virtual Object^ ConvertFrom(
	ITypeDescriptorContext^ context, 
	CultureInfo^ culture, 
	Object^ value
) override

Parameters

context
Type: System.ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext

An ITypeDescriptorContext object that provides a format context that can be used to extract additional information about the environment from which this converter is invoked. This parameter or properties of this parameter can be nullptr.

culture
Type: System.Globalization::CultureInfo

A CultureInfo object. If nullptr, the current culture is used.

value
Type: System::Object

The Object to convert.

Return Value

Type: System::Object
An Object that represents the converted value.

ExceptionCondition
GetConvertFromException

The conversion cannot be performed because value is not a string.

The ConvertFrom method parses an object that represents a comma-separated string into an array of strings. Prior to calling this method, you can call the CanConvertFrom method to determine whether the object specified by value can be converted to an array of strings.

To convert an array of strings into a comma-separated string, use the ConvertTo method.

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
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