C# string to number conversion

What do you do to convert a string to a number in C#? I use't to use the "number.Parse" methods, but these always need wrapping in a try...catch block, e.g.

bool ok = true;
int result = 0;
try
{
  result = int.Parse(sometext);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
  ok = false;
}

I turns out there is a way to do this without exceptions being involved, the double.TryParse method:

int result = 0;
double temp;
if (double.TryParse(sometext, NumberStyles.Integer, null, out temp))
  result = (int)temp;
else
  // not a valid number....