Need some help with a ListView comparer Class

Experts, I have this Listview Comparer Class that i have found and it works really well for most of my columns. However it does not seem to work correctly on columns where the data is formatted as currency. Can you please show me how to modify this class to sort currency columns properly?

Thanks...

'*******************************************************************************************************
'* This class was found on http://http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_net_listview_sort_clicked_column.html *
'* Thanks to Kevin G for the improved caomparison code that tests numeric values as numbers rather     *
'* strings. (For example, as strings "9" comes after "100". But as numbers "9" comes before "100".)    *
'* Thanks to Joe Mestrovich for adding support for date columns. (For example, as strings "10/10/2000" *
'* comes before "1/1/1999". But as dates "10/10/2000" comes after "1/1/1999". Also as strings          *
'* "01/20/2009" comes before "1/1/2009". But as dates "01/20/2009" comes after "1/1/2009".)            *
'* No modifications have been made to this class.                                                      *
'*******************************************************************************************************

Public Class ListViewComparer

    Implements IComparer

    Private m_ColumnNumber As Integer
    Private m_SortOrder As SortOrder


    Public Sub New(ByVal column_number As Integer, ByVal sort_order As SortOrder)

        m_ColumnNumber = column_number
        m_SortOrder = sort_order

    End Sub

    ' Compare the items in the appropriate column
    ' for objects x and y.
    Public Function Compare(ByVal x As Object, ByVal y As Object) As Integer Implements System.Collections.IComparer.Compare

        Dim item_x As ListViewItem = DirectCast(x, ListViewItem)
        Dim item_y As ListViewItem = DirectCast(y, ListViewItem)

        ' Get the sub-item values.
        Dim string_x As String

        If item_x.SubItems.Count <= m_ColumnNumber Then

            string_x = ""

        Else

            string_x = item_x.SubItems(m_ColumnNumber).Text

        End If

        Dim string_y As String

        If item_y.SubItems.Count <= m_ColumnNumber Then

            string_y = ""

        Else

            string_y = item_y.SubItems(m_ColumnNumber).Text

        End If

        ' Compare them.
        If m_SortOrder = SortOrder.Ascending Then

            If IsNumeric(string_x) And IsNumeric(string_y) Then

                Return Val(string_x).CompareTo(Val(string_y))

            ElseIf IsDate(string_x) And IsDate(string_y) Then

                Return DateTime.Parse(string_x).CompareTo(DateTime.Parse(string_y))

            Else

                Return String.Compare(string_x, string_y)

            End If

        Else

            If IsNumeric(string_x) And IsNumeric(string_y) Then

                Return Val(string_y).CompareTo(Val(string_x))

            ElseIf IsDate(string_x) And IsDate(string_y) Then

                Return DateTime.Parse(string_y).CompareTo(DateTime.Parse(string_x))

            Else

                Return String.Compare(string_y, string_x)

            End If

        End If

    End Function

End Class

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