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X2L()

This function is used to safely convert a hexadecimal value into a long integer. VBSCRIPT has no way to do this safely.

An example of what you might try is the expression "clng(&H8000)", this will fail as the hex literal is first converted to a short integer and then converted to a long one.

The function takes these parameters:

  1. A hexadecimal value as a string. All spaces are stripped from this value allowing you to format long values for readability.

    The value can (but doesn't have to) begin with either "&H" or "0x" (in any case).

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