How to: Custom Implicit/Explicit conversion in VB.NET 2003

How to: Custom Implicit/Explicit conversion in VB.NET 2003

• twostepted

  a few methods to check out:
  
  DirectCast
  Ctype
  Convert
  
  

• Lord_Anubis

  Hemant,
  Jay provided you with this link as a resource:
  
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/yf7b9sy7(en-us,vs.80).aspx
  
  

• Donna M. Singel

  VB 2003 does *not* support defining implicit or explicit conversion operators on a class. You can use the operators on a class defined in C# by calling the op_implicit & op_explicit shared routines that C# creates.
  
  VB 2005 *does* support defining & using implicit & explicit conversion operators on a class.
  
  For details see:
  
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/yf7b9sy7(en-us,vs.80).aspx
  
  Jay
  

• Kevin LZJ

  Since VB does not have the implicit, operator, or digit keywords/type ...this is a close translation of the above code:
  
  

  Public Shared Function ImplicitConverter(ByVal d As Char) As Byte Console.WriteLine("conversion occurred") Return Convert.ToByte(d) End Function

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• jcviera

  No DMan1,
              You missed me . For example, consider the conversion listing below in C#:
  
  

  public static implicit operator byte(Digit d)    {       Console.WriteLine( "conversion occurred" );       return d.value;    }

  
  
              Can you provide me the translated version in VB.NET. Yes i want this
  
  
  

• Dave Waterworth

   You can use the operators on a class defined in C# by calling the op_implicit & op_explicit shared routines that C# creates.
  
  Hai Jay,
            How can I do that A sample can be really helpful or a link to such a resource
  
  
• How to: Custom Implicit/Explicit conversion in VB.NET 2003