Type Casting

The following functions allow you to interact with Ignition in more advanced ways through expression bindings.

📄️ toBoolean

Tries to convert value to a boolean

📄️ toBorder

This function is used specifically when binding a Border property on a component. Typically, this is used with a Container or Label component but can be used on any component that has a Border property.

📄️ toColor

This function tries to convert value to a color.

📄️ toDataSet

Tries to coerce value into a dataset.

📄️ toDate

Tries to coerce value into a Date.

📄️ toDouble

Tries to coerce value into a double (64-bit floating point value).

📄️ toFloat

Tries to coerce value into a float (32-bit floating point vaule).

📄️ toFont

Coerces a string into a font.

📄️ toInt

Tries to coerce value into an integer (32-bit integer).

📄️ toInteger

Identical to the toInt expression function.

📄️ toLong

Tries to coerce value into a long (64-bit integer).

📄️ toStr

Identical to the toString expression function.

📄️ toString

Represents the value as a string. Will succeed for any type of value.