func init
	// adds using namespace
	sys.add_use('System')

	// initialize instance
	this.type = this.props("Mode").value
	if(linked("Result") and linked("doConvert"))
		sys.add_var_extern(this.name, this.type)
	end
	if(linked("onError"))
		this.setfield('ex', 'ex' + this.id)
	end
	this.typecode = sys.type_code(this.type)
end

func make_conv(data)
	return('Convert.To' && this.props("Mode").value + '(' + d("Data") + ')')
end

func doConvert(data)
	linked("onError") ? blk.println('try {').inc() : ''
	if(linked("Result"))
		blk.println(this.codename, ' = ', make_conv(data), ';')
		event("onResult", sub(this.codename, this.typecode))
	else
		event("onResult", sub(make_conv(data), this.typecode))
	end
	if(linked("onError"))
		blk.dec().println('} catch(Exception ', this.ex, ') {').inc()
			event("onError", this.ex + '.Message')
		blk.dec().println('}')
	end
end

func Result
	if(linked("doConvert"))
		return(sub(this.codename, this.typecode))
	else
		return(sub(make_conv(), this.typecode))
	end
end