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Vb.Net to C# conversion (cont.) - Microsoft.VisualBasic

What is the C# equivilent to

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.FormatCurrency()
Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState.UseDefault

I have this line of code that is no longer working:
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using Microsoft.VisualBasic;
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Session["TotalCost"] = Strings.FormatCurrency(calculatedTotalValue, 2, TriState.UseDefault, TriState.UseDefault, TriState.UseDefault);
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Bob Learned

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drichards

In your original, you probably have not added a reference to Microsoft.VisualBasic. The code should compile and run as written assuming calculatedTotalValue has some kind of number in it.

I bring this up just to point out that simply adding a 'using' is not enough if the correct assembly reference does not exist.

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I basically need to convert calculatedTotalValue to a currency format with 2 decimal places.

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Original code does not work in C#...

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What about: Session["TotalCost"] = String.Format("{0:c}", calculatedTotalValue);

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drichards

That too. It's just a longhand version of calculatedTotalValue.ToString("c")

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Ok, one more Microsoft.VisualBasic conversion...

Dim NumberOfDaysDifference As Integer = DateDiff(DateInterval.Day, Convert.ToDateTime(strStartDate), Convert.ToDateTime(EndDate))

The original VB code is working out the number of days between the start and end date... What woudl the C# equivilent be?

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nevermind, something like this should work...

int NumberOfDaysDifference = ((TimeSpan)(Convert.ToDateTime(EndDate) - Convert.ToDateTime(strStartDate))).Days;

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Bob Learned

int numberOfDaysDifference = DateTime.Parse(startDate).Subtract(DateTime.Parse(endDate)).TotalDays;

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Ohhh that one is cool....