Convert.ToSingle (Int64) converts 64-bit signed integer to single-precision floating-point number.
Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim numbers() As Long = { Int64.MinValue, -9, 0, 72, Int64.MaxValue} Dim result As Single For Each number As Long In numbers result = Convert.ToSingle(number) Console.WriteLine("Converted the {0} value '{1}' to the {2} value {3}.", _ number.GetType().Name, number, _ result.GetType().Name, result) Next End Sub End Class