How to set an ints Hex Literal from a string,

Question

Im attempting to load a hex literal from an xml settings file, I can parse the xml just fine and get the required string from the file,

but i cant seem to get it to

Answer 1

You have to supply the base of the string to the overloaded method Convert.ToInt32(String value, Int32 fromBase).

Int32 value = Convert.ToInt32(hexString, 16);