On Feb 10, 9:06 pm, "Steffan A. Cline" <stef...@hldns.com> wrote:
> When using this as indicated and trying to set it to accept multiple
> formats, it bombs out with the error:
>
> Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'TryParse' accepts this
> number of arguments
>
> The code looks like this:
>
> ok = Decimal.TryParse(tbIll.Text, _
> NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol,
> NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint, NumberStyles.Currency, temp)
>

> On Feb 10, 9:06 pm, "Steffan A. Cline" <stef...@hldns.com> wrote:
>> When using this as indicated and trying to set it to accept multiple
>> formats, it bombs out with the error:
>>
>> Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'TryParse' accepts this
>> number of arguments
>>
>> The code looks like this:
>>
>> ok = Decimal.TryParse(tbIll.Text, _
>> NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol,
>> NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint, NumberStyles.Currency, temp)
>>
>
> Try:
>
> ok = Decimal.TryParse (tbIll.Text, _
> NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol Or _
> NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint Or _
> NumberStyles.Currency,
> System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat,
> temp)
>
> --
> Tom Shelton
>

> Steffan A. Cline wrote:
>> in article 1171172699.667711.142740@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com, Tom
>> Shelton at tom_shelton@comcast.net wrote on 2/10/07 10:44 PM:
>>
>>> On Feb 10, 9:06 pm, "Steffan A. Cline" <stef...@hldns.com> wrote:
>>>> When using this as indicated and trying to set it to accept multiple
>>>> formats, it bombs out with the error:
>>>>
>>>> Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'TryParse' accepts this
>>>> number of arguments
>>>>
>>>> The code looks like this:
>>>>
>>>> ok = Decimal.TryParse(tbIll.Text, _
>>>> NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol,
>>>> NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint, NumberStyles.Currency, temp)
>>>>
>>> Try:
>>>
>>> ok = Decimal.TryParse (tbIll.Text, _
>>> NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol Or _
>>> NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint Or _
>>> NumberStyles.Currency,
>>> System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat,
>>> temp)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tom Shelton
>>>
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Thanks, this worked great. Not sure why the documentation didn't clarify
>> this any better.
>>
>> -Steffan
>>
>
> I think that it's clear enough...
>
> From the documentation of decimal.TryParse:
>
> "style:
> A bitwise combination of NumberStyles values that indicates the
> permitted format of s. A typical value to specify is Number."
>
> There is also an example clearly showing this.

Steffan A. Cline wrote:
> in article 1171172699.667711.142740@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com, Tom
> Shelton at tom_shelton@comcast.net wrote on 2/10/07 10:44 PM:
>
>> On Feb 10, 9:06 pm, "Steffan A. Cline" <stef...@hldns.com> wrote:
>>> When using this as indicated and trying to set it to accept multiple
>>> formats, it bombs out with the error:
>>>
>>> Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'TryParse' accepts this
>>> number of arguments
>>>
>>> The code looks like this:
>>>
>>> ok = Decimal.TryParse(tbIll.Text, _
>>> NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol,
>>> NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint, NumberStyles.Currency, temp)
>>>
>> Try:
>>
>> ok = Decimal.TryParse (tbIll.Text, _
>> NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol Or _
>> NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint Or _
>> NumberStyles.Currency,
>> System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat,
>> temp)
>>
>> --
>> Tom Shelton
>>
>
> Tom,
>
> Thanks, this worked great. Not sure why the documentation didn't clarify
> this any better.
>
> -Steffan
>

Steffan A. Cline wrote:
> in article ejEAPRuTHHA.4276@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, Göran Andersson at
> guffa@guffa.com wrote on 2/12/07 1:27 PM:
>
>> Steffan A. Cline wrote:
>>> in article 1171172699.667711.142740@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com, Tom
>>> Shelton at tom_shelton@comcast.net wrote on 2/10/07 10:44 PM:
>>>
>>>> On Feb 10, 9:06 pm, "Steffan A. Cline" <stef...@hldns.com> wrote:
>>>>> When using this as indicated and trying to set it to accept multiple
>>>>> formats, it bombs out with the error:
>>>>>
>>>>> Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'TryParse' accepts this
>>>>> number of arguments
>>>>>
>>>>> The code looks like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> ok = Decimal.TryParse(tbIll.Text, _
>>>>> NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol,
>>>>> NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint, NumberStyles.Currency, temp)
>>>>>
>>>> Try:
>>>>
>>>> ok = Decimal.TryParse (tbIll.Text, _
>>>> NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol Or _
>>>> NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint Or _
>>>> NumberStyles.Currency,
>>>> System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat,
>>>> temp)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Tom Shelton
>>>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> Thanks, this worked great. Not sure why the documentation didn't clarify
>>> this any better.
>>>
>>> -Steffan
>>>
>> I think that it's clear enough...
>>
>> From the documentation of decimal.TryParse:
>>
>> "style:
>> A bitwise combination of NumberStyles values that indicates the
>> permitted format of s. A typical value to specify is Number."
>>
>> There is also an example clearly showing this.
> Can you post a link to where you saw this? I must have missed the example. I
> also searched the web and saw several examples but none of which worked. The
> book that our school is teaching from even had examples that didn't work.
> Seems to be some inconsistencies.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steffan
>