topic Re: Trouble casting ShapeBuffer to MultiPartShapeBuffer in File Geodatabase API Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/trouble-casting-shapebuffer-to/m-p/421997#M709 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Well, still stuck using vb.NET so I tried&nbsp; converting it to C# and it worked fine. This will work for now. I guess there is a problem with the syntax, if anyone knows the correct syntax for vb.NET, that would be great!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:47:18 GMT BobCarberry 2013-12-23T11:47:18Z Trouble casting ShapeBuffer to MultiPartShapeBuffer https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/trouble-casting-shapebuffer-to/m-p/421996#M708 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I needed some code that would convert a FGDB featureclass to GeoJson.&nbsp; I was able to find some (in C#) but needed it in vb.NET.&nbsp; I converted and all worked well except with the routine that converted the geometry (which is what I really need!).&nbsp; There is a place in the code where it's casting a shapebuffer to multipartshapebuffer.&nbsp; I keep getting this error message:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Unable to cast object of type 'Esri.FileGDB.ShapeBuffer' to type 'Esri.FileGDB.MultiPartShapeBuffer'</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The line of code is pretty straight forward (where geometry is Esri.FileGDB.ShapeBuffer):</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Dim pbuff As MultiPartShapeBuffer = geometry</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any ideas?&nbsp; Is this the correct syntax for vb.NET? Thanks!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>BTW, I'm using VS 2010 Professional and tried it with both FGDB API versions 1.2 and 1.3</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:26:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/trouble-casting-shapebuffer-to/m-p/421996#M708 BobCarberry 2013-12-20T14:26:13Z Re: Trouble casting ShapeBuffer to MultiPartShapeBuffer https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/trouble-casting-shapebuffer-to/m-p/421997#M709 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Well, still stuck using vb.NET so I tried&nbsp; converting it to C# and it worked fine. This will work for now. I guess there is a problem with the syntax, if anyone knows the correct syntax for vb.NET, that would be great!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:47:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/file-geodatabase-api-questions/trouble-casting-shapebuffer-to/m-p/421997#M709 BobCarberry 2013-12-23T11:47:18Z