>>Hi
>>
>>Why would I get
>>
>>Conversion from string "" to type 'Double' is not valid.
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>>on this line
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>>checkedText += +item.Text + ", "
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>>when in the watch list both items are strings
>
>Probably because of the + in front of item, "+item.Text".

All of which begs the question of what sort of implicit cast VB was trying to make in the first place:

Dim s2 As String = "123.34"
Dim x2 As VariantType = s2
Dim x3 As VariantType = VarType(x2)

Boy am I glad I use C# :-}