IconConverter.ConvertTo Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing

Assembly:

System.Drawing.Common.dll

Source:

IconConverter.cs

Converts an Icon (or an object that can be cast to an Icon) to a specified type.

public:
 override System::Object ^ ConvertTo(System::ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext ^ context, System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ culture, System::Object ^ value, Type ^ destinationType);

public override object? ConvertTo (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext? context, System.Globalization.CultureInfo? culture, object? value, Type destinationType);

override this.ConvertTo : System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext * System.Globalization.CultureInfo * obj * Type -> obj

Public Overrides Function ConvertTo (context As ITypeDescriptorContext, culture As CultureInfo, value As Object, destinationType As Type) As Object

Parameters

context

ITypeDescriptorContext

An ITypeDescriptorContext that provides a format context.

culture

CultureInfo

A CultureInfo object that specifies formatting conventions used by a particular culture.

value

Object

The object to convert. This object should be of type icon or some type that can be cast to Icon.

destinationType

Type

The type to convert the icon to.

Returns

Object

This method returns the converted object.

Exceptions

NotSupportedException

The conversion could not be performed.

Remarks

The default implementation calls the ToString method on the object if the object is valid and if the destination type is string. If this method cannot convert to the destination type, it throws a NotSupportedException exception.