Using CType with grid data

[eagle]

How do I retrieve a value off a grid, then convert it to a decimal, seems
like the only thing I can do is convert it to a string?? This is what works
if the value is a string:

strValue=cType(e.Item.Cells(1).Controls(1), Textbox).text

But I get an error when I try the following:

System.InvalidCastException: Cast from type 'TextBox' to type 'Decimal' is
not valid.

Dim KW as Decimal
kw = cType(e.Item.Cells(1).Controls(1), Decimal)

What can I do to fix this?

 

[Jacques Leclerc]

Try this.
ctype(cType(e.Item.Cells(1).Controls(1), Textbox).text,decimal)