Determine if decimal value too large

[Guest]

How can I determine if a value the user entered is too large for a decimal
datatype?

for instance, if the user enters 123456789012345 67890123456789

and my variable
Dim inches as Decimal = cDec(textbox1.t ext)

Causes an exception. How can I capture this before it causes an exception.

[Alexey Smirnov]

Re: Determine if decimal value too large

On Sep 30, 11:15 pm, <testerwrote:

How can I determine if a value the user entered is too large for a decimal
datatype?
>
for instance, if the user enters 123456789012345 67890123456789
>
and my variable
    Dim inches as Decimal = cDec(textbox1.t ext)
>
Causes an exception.  How can I capture this before it causes an exception.

Use Try..Catch block

Try
Dim inches As Decimal = CDec(x)
....
Catch
End Try