Convert.ToChar (Int64) converts 64-bit signed integer to Unicode character.
Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim longVal As Long = 999999999999 Dim charVal As Char = "a"c Try charVal = System.Convert.ToChar(longVal) System.Console.WriteLine("{0} as a char is {1}", _ longVal, charVal) Catch exception As System.OverflowException System.Console.WriteLine( _ "Overflow in Long-to-Char conversion.") End Try ' A conversion from Char to Long cannot overflow. longVal = System.Convert.ToInt64(charVal) System.Console.WriteLine("{0} as a Long is {1}",charVal, longVal) End Sub End Class