Dim longValue As Long = -130
Dim byteValue As SByte 

If longValue <= SByte.MaxValue AndAlso _
   longValue >= SByte.MinValue Then
   byteValue = CSByte(longValue)
   Console.WriteLine("Converted long integer value to {0}.", byteValue)
Else
   Dim rangeLimit As SByte
   Dim relationship As String
   
   If longValue > SByte.MaxValue Then
      rangeLimit = SByte.MaxValue
      relationship = "greater"
   Else
      rangeLimit = SByte.MinValue
      relationship = "less"
   End If       

   Console.WriteLine("Conversion failure: {0:n0} is {1} than {2}.", _ 
                     longValue, _
                     relationship, _
                     rangeLimit)
End If

Public Class Tester
    Public Shared Sub Main
        Dim result As New System.Text.StringBuilder()
        result.AppendLine("MaxValue...")

        Dim maxByte As Byte = Byte.MaxValue
        Dim maxSByte As SByte = SByte.MaxValue
        Dim maxShort As Short = Short.MaxValue
        Dim maxUShort As UShort = UShort.MaxValue
        Dim maxInteger As Integer = Integer.MaxValue
        Dim maxUInteger As UInteger = UInteger.MaxValue
        Dim maxLong As Long = Long.MaxValue
        Dim maxULong As ULong = ULong.MaxValue

        result.Append("Byte ").AppendLine(maxByte)
        result.Append("SByte ").AppendLine(maxSByte)
        result.Append("Short ").AppendLine(maxShort)
        result.Append("UShort = ").AppendLine(maxUShort)
        result.Append("Integer = ").AppendLine(maxInteger)
        result.Append("UInteger = ").AppendLine(maxUInteger)
        result.Append("Long = ").AppendLine(maxLong)
        result.Append("ULong = ").AppendLine(maxULong)

        Console.WriteLine(result.ToString())
     End Sub
End Class