BuiltInRoleConverter::ConvertTo Method (ITypeDescriptorContext^, CultureInfo^, Object^, Type^)

 

Converts the given object to another type.

Namespace:   Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualBasic (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

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

Parameters

context
Type: System.ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext^

A formatter context.

culture
Type: System.Globalization::CultureInfo^

The culture into which value will be converted.

value
Type: System::Object^

The object to convert.

destinationType
Type: System::Type^

The type to convert the object to.

Return Value

Type: System::Object^

The converted object.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

destinationType is Nothing.

NotSupportedException

The conversion cannot be performed.

The most common types to convert to and convert from are string objects. The default implementation makes a call to ToString on the object if the object is valid and if the destination type is String.

The context parameter can be used to extract additional information about the environment this converter is being invoked from. This can be Nothing, so always check. Also, properties on the context object can return Nothing.

This type converter supports the Visual Basic User object.

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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