microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.buildingcontrols

CaffieneRush@gmail.com

5/29/2007 12:52:00 PM

Vb.Net 2.0 or earlier does not have the coalesce operator (double
question mark).
So you'll need to write it out like so:

Get
Dim o As Object = ViewState("SortExpression")
If o Is Nothing Then
Return String.Empty
Else
Return CStr(o)
End If
End Get

On May 28, 8:56 pm, jonefer <jone...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Please help, I'm using a converter to translate some C# code.
>
> The following code written in C# does not translate well to Visual Basic
> (If I paste it in a C# page, however it has no problems compiling)
>
> //C# Code.....
>
> private string GridViewSortDirection
> {
> get { return ViewState["SortDirection"] as string ?? "ASC"; }
> set { ViewState["SortDirection"] = value; }
> }
>
> private string GridViewSortExpression
> {
> get { return ViewState["SortExpression"] as string ?? string.Empty; }
> set { ViewState["SortExpression"] = value; }
> }
>
> ' Here is the VB equivalent
>
> Private Property GridViewSortDirection() As String
> Get
> Return ViewState("SortDirection") as String ?? "ASC"
> End Get
> Set (ByVal Value As String)
> ViewState("SortDirection") = value
> End Set
> End Property
>
> Private Property GridViewSortExpression() As String
> Get
> Return ViewState("SortExpression") as String ?? String.Empty
> End Get
> Set (ByVal Value As String)
> ViewState("SortExpression") = value
> End Set
> End Property
>
> '----------------------------------------------------------------
> ' Converted from C# to VB .NET using CSharpToVBConverter(1.2).
> ' Developed by: Kamal Patel (http://www.Kama...)
> '----------------------------------------------------------------