PropertyConverter.EnumFromString Method (Type, String)

 

This API supports the product 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)

static member EnumFromString : 
        enumType:Type *
        value:string -> Object

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.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

enumType or value is null.

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.

System_CAPS_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
Available since 1.1
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