_Row.BinaryToString(Object) Method
Definition
Important
Some information relates to prerelease product that may be substantially modified before it’s released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here.
Obtains a String (string in C#) representing a value that has been converted from a binary value for the parent Row at the column specified by Index
.
public:
System::String ^ BinaryToString(System::Object ^ Index);
public string BinaryToString (object Index);
Public Function BinaryToString (Index As Object) As String
Parameters
- Index
- Object
A 1-based index value that can be either an Integer (int in C#) value representing the column index for the Columns collection or a String (string in C#) representing the Name of the Column.
Returns
A hexadecimal String (string in C#) value that has been converted from a PT_BINARY value for the parent Row at the column specified by Index
. Returns the error, "Cannot convert the column specified by Index to String" if the value specified by Index
is not PT_BINARY.
Remarks
Use the helper functions Row.BinaryToString, LocalTimeToUTC(Object), and UTCToLocalTime(Object) to facilitate type conversion of column values at a specific row. For more information on property value representation in a Table, see Factors Affecting Property Value Representation in the Table and View Classes