I have a class with 50 properties sp01 .. sp50 is there a way to call a
property using a string?
ex. o.sp & "01"

Chad

"Chad Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb
> I have a class with 50 properties sp01 .. sp50 is there a way to call
> a property using a string?
> ex. o.sp & "01"

You can, but be careful, the compiler won't complain if a name is missing:
see the CallByName statment and the topic "Reflection":
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...natruntime.asp

especially sub topic "Dynamically Loading and Using Types"


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Thanks, that worked great! It also taught me allot about the reflection
class.

"Charlie Williams" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E4FE25E2-371A-4194-B40B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> You can accoplish this easily using reflection.
>
> Imports System.Reflection
>
> Public Function GetPropertyValueByName(ByVal num As String) As String
> Dim t As Type = Me.GetType()
> Dim pi As PropertyInfo = t.GetProperty("sp" & num)
> Return CType(pi.GetValue(Me, Nothing), String)
> End Function
>
> Charlie
>