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PropertyConverter::EnumFromString Method

This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Converts the string representation to a value of the specified enumeration type.

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

public:
static Object^ EnumFromString(
	Type^ enumType, 
	String^ value
)

Parameters

enumType
Type: System::Type
A System::Type that represents the enumeration type to create from the value parameter.
value
Type: System::String
The String that represents a value in the enumerator.

Return Value

Type: System::Object
An enumeration of type enumType.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

enumType or value is nullptr.

ArgumentException

enumType is not an Enum.

- or -

value is either an empty string ("") or contains only white spaces.

- or -

value is a name, but not one of the named constants defined for the enumeration.

The EnumFromString method is used to convert a string value to its equivalent enumeration value.

NoteNote

This member supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. To convert a string value to its equivalent enumeration value, use the Enum::Parse method.

.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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