DirectCast in .NET 2.0

[Sahil Malik]

I can't find it .. what am I missing?

- Sahil Malik
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[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Sahil,

It's not a C# feature, but a VB feature. What are you trying to do?
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"Sahil Malik" <co*****************@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I can't find it .. what am I missing?

- Sahil Malik
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik

[Mattias Sjögren]

I can't find it .. what am I missing?

Wrong language perhaps? DirectCast is a VB.NET keyword, this is a C#
newsgroup....

Mattias

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[Sahil Malik]

Well I'm trying to cast my objects in a standard remoting like scenario. I
was a DirectCast fan .. (over CType in VB)

- Sahil Malik
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"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in
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Sahil,

It's not a C# feature, but a VB feature. What are you trying to do?
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"Sahil Malik" <co*****************@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I can't find it .. what am I missing?

- Sahil Malik
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik

[Rob Windsor [MVP]]

The closest equivalent in C# is to put the type you want to cast to in
parenthesis in front of the reference variable you want to cast. Note that
both will fail with an exception if the cast is invalid.

Dim tb As TextBox
tb = DirectCast(Sender, TextBox)

TextBox tb;
tb = (TextBox)sender;

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"Sahil Malik" <co*****************@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I can't find it .. what am I missing?

- Sahil Malik
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik

[Cor Ligthert]

Sahil,

I know nothing about Net 2.0

However I am almost sure that especially Jay wants to help you about this in
the VBNet language group, and when you ask it him he will give all C#
answers as well..

:-)

Cor

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Huh?

"Cor Ligthert" <no************@planet.nl> wrote in message
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Sahil,

I know nothing about Net 2.0

However I am almost sure that especially Jay wants to help you about this
in the VBNet language group, and when you ask it him he will give all C#
answers as well..

:-)

Cor

[Sahil Malik]

Thanks Rob. I thought I had used DirectCast in C# too .. :-/ ... I've been
programming in both C# and VB.NET concurrently which is why I end up writing
code that looks like this.

Dim conn as SqlConnection ;

And yeah VB.NET 2.0 does have DirectCast.

Thanks for your replies gentlemen !

- Sahil Malik
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik


"Rob Windsor [MVP]" <ro*****************@gmail.com> wrote in message
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The closest equivalent in C# is to put the type you want to cast to in
parenthesis in front of the reference variable you want to cast. Note that
both will fail with an exception if the cast is invalid.

Dim tb As TextBox
tb = DirectCast(Sender, TextBox)

TextBox tb;
tb = (TextBox)sender;

--
Rob Windsor [MVP-VB]
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada
http://msmvps.com/windsor/
"Sahil Malik" <co*****************@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I can't find it .. what am I missing?

- Sahil Malik
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik

[Cor Ligthert]

> Huh?

"Almost"

I did not know you would read this now you see how much trust I have in you.

:-)

Cor

[Abhijeet Dev]

should not we use tb = (sender as TextBox);
and then check if tb is null

"Rob Windsor [MVP]" <ro*****************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OW**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

The closest equivalent in C# is to put the type you want to cast to in
parenthesis in front of the reference variable you want to cast. Note that
both will fail with an exception if the cast is invalid.

Dim tb As TextBox
tb = DirectCast(Sender, TextBox)

TextBox tb;
tb = (TextBox)sender;

--
Rob Windsor [MVP-VB]
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada
http://msmvps.com/windsor/
"Sahil Malik" <co*****************@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I can't find it .. what am I missing?

- Sahil Malik
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik

[Rob Windsor [MVP]]

Yes, you can use the "as" operator to do a safe cast but that is not what
the original poster was asking about.

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"Abhijeet Dev" <ms****@abhijeet-dev.net> wrote in message
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should not we use tb = (sender as TextBox);
and then check if tb is null

"Rob Windsor [MVP]" <ro*****************@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OW**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

The closest equivalent in C# is to put the type you want to cast to in
parenthesis in front of the reference variable you want to cast. Note
that both will fail with an exception if the cast is invalid.

Dim tb As TextBox
tb = DirectCast(Sender, TextBox)

TextBox tb;
tb = (TextBox)sender;

--
Rob Windsor [MVP-VB]
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada
http://msmvps.com/windsor/
"Sahil Malik" <co*****************@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I can't find it .. what am I missing?

- Sahil Malik
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik