[#BloombergLP-bdlar-bdlat_customizedTypeCreateBaseAndConvert] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlar.adoc[bdlar]::bdlat_customizedTypeCreateBaseAndConvert :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Create an uninitialized value of the base type, apply the specified `baseManipulator` to it, then convert the result into the customized type referred to by the specified `ref`. Return 0 on success and a non‐zero value otherwise. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlar_customizedtypetraits.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template<class t_MANIPULATOR> int bdlat_customizedTypeCreateBaseAndConvert( xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/CustomizedTypeRef.adoc[CustomizedTypeRef]* ref, t_MANIPULATOR& baseManipulator); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#