TypeConverter.ConvertTo Method (ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object, Type)
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Converts the specified value object to the specified type.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
'Declaration Public Overridable Function ConvertTo ( _ context As ITypeDescriptorContext, _ culture As CultureInfo, _ value As Object, _ destinationType As Type _ ) As Object
Parameters
- context
- Type: System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext
An object that provides a format context.
- culture
- Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfo
The CultureInfo to use as the current culture.
- value
- Type: System.Object
The object to convert.
- destinationType
- Type: System.Type
The type to convert the object to.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| NotImplementedException | ConvertTo not implemented in base TypeConverter. |
For use as a type converter for custom-type attribute handling in Windows Phone XAML, you do not need to implement this method (it is not called by the Windows Phone XAML parser for type conversion purposes). However, you might still want to implement a practical behavior for ConvertTo as a best practice.