Explicit Conversion (XElement to UInt64)

XElement Narrowing Conversion (XElement to UInt64)

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Cast the value of this XElement to a UInt64.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

Namespace:  System.Xml.Linq
Assembly:  System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)

'Declaration
Public Shared Narrowing Operator CType ( _
	element As XElement _
) As ULong

Parameters

element
Type: System.Xml.Linq.XElement
The XElement to cast to UInt64.

Return Value

Type: System.UInt64
A UInt64 that contains the content of this XElement.

ExceptionCondition
FormatException

The element does not contain a valid UInt64 value.

ArgumentNullException

The element parameter is Nothing.

The following example creates an element with unsigned long integer content. It then retrieves the value by casting to UInt64.

Dim root As XElement = <Root>18446744073709551615</Root>
Dim value As ULong = CULng(root)

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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