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.NET Framework Class Library
StringConverter..::.CanConvertFrom Method (ITypeDescriptorContext, Type)

Updated: November 2007

Gets a value indicating whether this converter can convert an object in the given source type to a string using the specified context.

Namespace:  System.ComponentModel
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overrides Function CanConvertFrom ( _
    context As ITypeDescriptorContext, _
    sourceType As Type _
) As Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As StringConverter
Dim context As ITypeDescriptorContext
Dim sourceType As Type
Dim returnValue As Boolean

returnValue = instance.CanConvertFrom(context, _
    sourceType)
C#
public override bool CanConvertFrom(
    ITypeDescriptorContext context,
    Type sourceType
)
Visual C++
public:
virtual bool CanConvertFrom(
    ITypeDescriptorContext^ context, 
    Type^ sourceType
) override
J#
public boolean CanConvertFrom(
    ITypeDescriptorContext context,
    Type sourceType
)
JScript
public override function CanConvertFrom(
    context : ITypeDescriptorContext, 
    sourceType : Type
) : boolean

Parameters

context
Type: System.ComponentModel..::.ITypeDescriptorContext

An ITypeDescriptorContext that provides a format context.

sourceType
Type: System..::.Type

A Type that represents the type you wish to convert from.

Return Value

Type: System..::.Boolean

true if this converter can perform the conversion; otherwise, false.

The context parameter can be used to extract additional information about the environment this converter is being invoked from. This can be nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), so always check. Also, properties on the context object can return nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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