BaseCompareValidator.Convert Method
Definition
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Converts the specified text into an object of the specified data type.
Overloads
Convert(String, ValidationDataType, Object) |
Converts the specified text into an object of the specified data type. This version of the overloaded method converts currency, double, and date values using the format used by the current culture. |
Convert(String, ValidationDataType, Boolean, Object) |
Converts the specified text into an object of the specified data type. This version of the overloaded method allows you to specify whether values are converted using a culture-neutral format. |
Convert(String, ValidationDataType, Object)
Converts the specified text into an object of the specified data type. This version of the overloaded method converts currency, double, and date values using the format used by the current culture.
protected:
static bool Convert(System::String ^ text, System::Web::UI::WebControls::ValidationDataType type, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] System::Object ^ % value);
protected static bool Convert (string text, System.Web.UI.WebControls.ValidationDataType type, out object value);
static member Convert : string * System.Web.UI.WebControls.ValidationDataType * obj -> bool
Protected Shared Function Convert (text As String, type As ValidationDataType, ByRef value As Object) As Boolean
Parameters
- text
- String
The text to convert.
- type
- ValidationDataType
One of the ValidationDataType values.
- value
- Object
When this method returns, contains an object with the conversion result. This parameter is passed uninitialized.
Returns
true
if the conversion is successful; otherwise, false
.
Remarks
The Convert(String, ValidationDataType, Object) method is used to convert text into an object of the specified data type. Although the method returns true
or false
to indicate whether the conversion was successful, the converted value is stored in the value
out
parameter.
Note
If the conversion is unsuccessful, the value
parameter is set to null
.
This version of the method converts values using the format used by the current culture. To convert values using a culture-neutral format, use the BaseCompareValidator.Convert(String, ValidationDataType, Boolean, Object) overloaded version of this method.
See also
Applies to
Convert(String, ValidationDataType, Boolean, Object)
Converts the specified text into an object of the specified data type. This version of the overloaded method allows you to specify whether values are converted using a culture-neutral format.
protected:
static bool Convert(System::String ^ text, System::Web::UI::WebControls::ValidationDataType type, bool cultureInvariant, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] System::Object ^ % value);
protected static bool Convert (string text, System.Web.UI.WebControls.ValidationDataType type, bool cultureInvariant, out object value);
static member Convert : string * System.Web.UI.WebControls.ValidationDataType * bool * obj -> bool
Protected Shared Function Convert (text As String, type As ValidationDataType, cultureInvariant As Boolean, ByRef value As Object) As Boolean
Parameters
- text
- String
The text to convert.
- type
- ValidationDataType
One of the ValidationDataType values.
- cultureInvariant
- Boolean
true
to convert values to a culture-neutral format; otherwise, false
.
- value
- Object
When this method returns, contains an object with the conversion result. This parameter is passed uninitialized.
Returns
true
if the conversion is successful; otherwise, false
.
Remarks
The Convert(String, ValidationDataType, Boolean, Object) method is used to convert text into an object of the specified data type. Although the method returns true
or false
to indicate whether the conversion was successful, the converted value is stored in the value
out
parameter.
Note
If the conversion is unsuccessful, the value
parameter is set to null
.
To indicate that values should be converted using a culture-neutral format, pass in true
for the cultureInvariant
parameter; otherwise, values are converted using the format used by the current culture. When converting a value using the format used by the current culture, consider using the BaseCompareValidator.Convert(String, ValidationDataType, Object) overloaded version of this method.