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Mike_Thompson_9
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Aug 08, 2007

CommonULong64 OverflowException

I am trying to convert the CommonULong64 type to UInt64 in .NET for a CommonStatistic type. Sometimes this works fine and I get a good number back. Other times I get a System.OverflowException. The...
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Aug 10, 2007
All "bashing" aside, your help has been invaluable and I cannot thank you enough! Below is the final function that resolved the issue:


Public Shared Function Build64(ByVal value As Object) As UInt64
        Return (Convert.ToUInt64(value.high) << 32) Or (Convert.ToUInt64((value.low >> 16) And &HFFFF) << 16) Or Convert.ToUInt64(value.low And &HFFFF)
End Function

Hopefully this will help others in the VB world with the same problem...