Another reflection question:

[JezB]

Given the string name of a property (eg. "BackColor"), how do I get and set
the current value of that property for a given Control instance ?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Given the string name of a property (eg. "BackColor"), how do I get and
set the current value of that property for a given Control instance ?

In VB.NET you can use 'CallByName':

Calling a method by its name
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=callbyname&lang=en>

Alternatively you can use 'foo.GetType().GetProperty(...).SetValue(foo,
....)'.