On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:02:17 +0200, microsoft.newsgroups.com wrote:

> Hi, I have custom web server control with one property being of type
> System.Object.
>
> At design time, only string values are allowed to be entered in the property
> window. If "StringConverter" is used for the TypeConverter attribute, a user
> can enter string values for this property and those values get serialized to
> the aspx.
>
> However, at run time an exception gets raised (as StringConverter can only
> convert to a string, not from a string).
>
> The question is: how to build a custom type converter for the generic
> System.Object type/class? I guess this should inherit from StringConverter
> but am unsure how to code the ConvertTo and CanConvertTo methods?
>
>
> ~ Gajba

"intrader" <intrader@aol.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.09.21.22.54.53.903145@aol.com...

> I think that you are pointing in the correct direction. You can use
> reflection to find out the 'from' type.

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:42:53 +0200, Zarko Gajic wrote:

>
> "intrader" <intrader@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.09.21.22.54.53.903145@aol.com...
>
>> I think that you are pointing in the correct direction. You can use
>> reflection to find out the 'from' type.
>
> And this is exactly where I stuck ;)
>
> Thanks.