why doesn't this work?

[Brian Henry]

I have code like the following set of code...



Public Structure ParamaterInformation

Public ParameterName As String

Public PromptText As String

Public DataType As String

Public DefaultValue As String

End Structure

Dim ht As New Hashtable



Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

For n As Integer = 1 To 100

Dim p As ParamaterInformation

p.DefaultValue = n.ToString

ht.Add(n, p)

Next



DirectCast(ht(4), ParamaterInformation).DefaultValue = "eregergv"



End Sub





I want to go into my hash table and alter the data in the stucture at
position for and change the defaultValue to another value... but when you do

DirectCast(ht(4), ParamaterInformation).DefaultValue = "eregergv"
it gives the error expression is a value and therefore can not be the target
of an assignment... but if i assign an object to the structure from the hash
table key 4 and then assign the value to the strcture it does not keep the
changes (im assumeing its not a reference pointer like i thought it probably
was?) how would i change the value of a structure like this in a hash table?
thanks

 

[Brian Henry]

never mind i was correct, its not a reference pointer but needs reassignment
to get it to work