I know how to get the properties using reflection but how would you get the function name and type of a property:
For Example: Combobox.Items.Add
I would like to get the info. for "Add" with reflection. Is this possible in .Net?
I'm wondering if there's a way to use Reflection to inspect properties of a COM object? GetType() doesn't want to return the actual type.
View 3 RepliesI am trying to create an object browser similar to what VS2010 uses for the quick watch window. I can use reflection to iterate through the properties and display their names and values until I get to the point in an object where the property is an object of my own creation and not a system type. I can't seem to find the correct approach to be able to iterate the properties of these "sub objects".
Below is the just of what I am trying to do
Public class myClass
property myprop a string
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I have a custom DropDownField for a GridView. I have to specify the DataSourceMethod property to the name of a function. I can not use a SqlDataConnector object. I want to take the name of the function (e.g.MyNamespace.MyClass.GetYears) and get the resulting object and assign it to a DropDownList data source.I know I will need to use the CallByName function
View 1 RepliesHow to get the object description using reflection. I can get the name, value, etc... but not the decription like in .net.For example the description for .Text is "Gets or sets the text associated with this control." I thought maybe using MethodInfo, but does not give the description.
Dim MethodObj As MethodInfo
Console.WriteLine("Methods:")
For Each MethodObj In GetType(TextBox).GetMethods()
Debug.Print(MethodObj.Name & " " & MethodObj.ReturnType.ToString())
Next
In VB.Net how does one call a Parameterised function name retrieved from a table?
My Parameterised Function Name is below
procTextToDBTemp(Application.StartupPath & "" & strFileName)
from above function i Stored procTextToDBTemp into the SQL Table How can call that function in the Vb.net How can i do that?
How can I get the name of the object that was passed byref into a method?
Example:
Dim myobject as object
sub mymethod(byref o as object)
debug.print(o.[RealName!!!!])
end sub
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I'm using this for logging. I use one method multiple times and it would be nice to log the name of the variable that I passed to it. Since I'm passing it byref, I should be able to get this name, right?This would give you the parameter name in the method and it's type, but not the name of the variable that was passed byref.
using system.reflection
Dim mb As MethodBase = MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod()
For Each pi As ParameterInfo In mb.GetParameters()
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If you put that in "mymethod" above you'd get "o" and "Object".
I've got a f(x) that returns a collection of user controls. .Net lets me just treat the f(x) name as the collection.
ex)
Private Function GetCcB() As Collection(Of Reports_ucColumn)
Dim cc As New Collection(Of Reports_ucColumn)
cc.Add(Me.ucColumn0)
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This function loops all properties of an object to create the updatequery to save te object to the DB.
We had to make some changes to it because of the introduction of nullable properties. If the property is nullable we would like to check the 'HasValue' property. This does works when it has a value. When the property has no value we get an 'Non-static method requires a target'-error at the CBool-line
An other way to check the 'HasValue'-prop of a property using reflection?
Private Function GetUpdateQuery(ByVal obj As Object, ByRef params As List(Of SqlParameter), Optional ByVal excl As String() = Nothing) As String
Dim sql As String = String.Empty
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I'm using EF 4.3.1 in VS 2010 (.Net 4.0) to load a number of reference tables from a database in order to bind them to controls in a WinForms app.At form load, I'm pre-fetching the data so that it's stored locally, and I'm creating a dictionary of BindingSource objects that I can use to bind the local data to the controls.The intent is to minimize the impact of the EF's self validation on a cold query in order to load forms faster and improve UI responsiveness.I've written code to create and fetch the BindingSource object for a given DbSet collection as follows:
Private _dictBindings As New Dictionary(Of String, BindingSource)
Private Sub ValidateBinding(Of T As Class)(ByRef DbCollection As DbSet(Of T))
Dim strClassName As String = DbCollection.[GetType]().GetGenericArguments(0).Name
If Not _dictBindings.ContainsKey(strClassName) Then[code].....
However, I'd like to call ValidateBinding on all DbSet collections in the Model on startup, and I'd like to use reflection to iterate through the available collections in the context because we're currently loading 66 tables and could add more later.I've written the following code:
For Each propSet As PropertyInfo In Db.GetType.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.Public).Where(Function(P) P.PropertyType.IsGenericType)
ValidateBinding(propSet.GetValue(Db, Nothing))
Next
but it won't work as propSet.GetValue() returns an Object instead of DbSet(of T).I also can't cast the object to a DbSet of the appropriate type, even though I know the type through reflection.I don't have access to the C# Dynamic type,and I know it's a pain to mix generics with reflection, but is there a solution for which I can pass in a reflected DbSet to my functions?Perhaps something using Method.Invoke?
I have tried several versions of this with no luck. The casting of the worksheet works as my data is entered in other parts, but I have a section where I need to add data 1 column right of the cell containing the 'str(0)' value. Most of these parameters are optional. I have even tried the System.Reflection.Missing object.
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I have a parent class that is also a factory. For example:
Public Class Factory
Public Function clone() as Factory
' Some logic here
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Is it possible to call a protected method via reflection. I am using this:
Me.GetType.InvokeMember(Stages(CurrentStage),
Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod,
Nothing,
Me,
Nothing)
Which always calls a method with no params or return. The idea is that the user of my object (transactional processing of business logic) inherits the base class adds in a load of private methods to fire. They then add these method names to a list in the order they would like them fired and the code above will take care of firing them.
It works fine with public methods but not with private or protected methods in the same class (Protected because I have some 'standard' pre built methods to add to the base class). Realistically I could make the methods public and be done with it but my inner nerd wont allow me to do so...
I am assuming this is a security feature. Is there a way to get around this or does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed but keep my tasty, tasty visibility modifiers in tact?
(NOTE: ITS IN VB.NET but a C# Answer is fine if that is what you are comfortable with).
I wonder if anyone can help me - I've not done much with reflection but understand the basic principles.What I'm trying to do:I'm in the process of developing a class that gathers a lot of information about the local system, network, etc... to be used for automated bug reporting. Instead of having to change my test harness every time I add a new property, I'd (ideally) like to be able to serialise the lot as an XML string and just display that in a textbox.
Unfortunately, the Framework won't use the default XML serializer on read-only properties (which almost all of mine are) as they wouldn't deserialize properly [Not sure I agree with the assumption that anything serialized must be de-serializable - MS says this is a feature "by design" which I suppose I can understand - Perhaps a tag to indicate that it should be serialized anyway would be advantageous?]
The initial approach was to make properties gettable and settable (with a throw exception on the setter) but the amount of work tidying this up afterwards seems a little excessive and I would want the properties to be read-only in the final version.What I need help with:My current plan is to use reflection to recursively iterate through each (public) property of my topmost gathering class. The problem is, the samples I've seen don't handle things recursively. Additionally, I only want to inspect an object's properties if it's in one of my assemblies - Otherwise just call .ToString on it.
If I don't have the inspection limited to my assembly, I assume I'll get (say) a string which then contains a Length which in turn will have .Tostring method.For the purposes of this project, I can almost guarantee no circular references within my code and as this will only be used as a development tool so I'm not too concerned about it running amok now and then.
I am working on a application that has quite a few functions involved and have been thinking of the following: If I have a function that has a few paramaters, is it more efficient to pass the objects to the function(Example 1) or reference the objects in the parent(Example 2)? Does it matter if the objects are large or not?
Example:
Class mainform
Public myGenericList As New List(Of String)
Public myDatarowArray() As DataRow
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I searched on the forum / Internet for the solution how a PropetryInfo object (of a Public property) can reveal if it has a Private Protected Setter ... it was all in vain .... all help I found was about how to "Set" value of a public property having a Private Setter.I would like to know if I have a PropertyInfo object of a public property, how would I know if its Setter is Non Public?
I tried, in a exception handling block, where I did a GetValue of the PropertyInfo object and then called SetValue by setting the same value back... but to my surprise it worked well and didn error out.
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I call the function GetDataTable and when it gets to the return line, I get the error message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Dim DB As New DBConn
Dim gd As New DataAccess.GetData
Dim DT As New DataTable
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Updated. I'll see if I can update with the DataAccess.GetData code. I didn't originally put it in there because our shop use it all the time and have no issues with it.
I need to work with object whose values are taken from database. I do the database scan in Function scan and it seems to run well. But i still have the problem, how to get values (result of function scan) out of the function? [code]
View 2 RepliesIf an object is created inside a function and the function returns that type of oject how is the memory handled.
Example:
Public Function GetEmployee(employeeid as integer) as employee
Dim oEmployee as new employee
oEmployee.FirstName="Bob"
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Does the variable that receive the object still a pointer to the memory location that was used inside the function?What about when you do a oEmployee2=oEmployee.Is oEmployee2 just a pointer? And any changes to oEmployee will now affect the other. Just trying to understand it from a memory perspective and how that scope works?
I'm trying to give a default value to the register property method. This required a function, but passed as an object(delegate?).[code]....
I want to call that registerproperty method, but I don't know how I can do that in VB.net. I just need to pass along a new Person object and I thought this was the way to go[code]....
I'm trying to return an object from a function. E.g. Ive got a function populateDog that returns Dog. So in my aspx class I want to be able to be able to pass in Lassie as the name of the dog(I have a dog class) and have the function return the object with the data it populated. [Code] The idea was to have a database and I would eventually pass in an ID to query results and return it.
View 1 RepliesIf I dimension an object as below, do I need to set the object to Nothing before the function is exited, or does it get destroyed when the function exits?
vb Public Function FileTitle(ByVal FullPath As String) As String
Dim subjectfile As System.IO.FileInfo = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo(FullPath)
Return subjectfile.Name
End Function
or should it be something like
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I am unsure if there is a simpler way to get substrings from objects other than strings but in any case, I created a quick function to trim any object type if converted to string. Normally the .Substring method is reserved for string. However, this simple workaround allows you to easily get substrings of doubles, integers,
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I'm not having any errors from these pieces of code, they're just empty everytime. I'm wondering if I perhaps have created them incorrectly.
Dim l As New Log()
l.Log = "Attempted staff login with username [" & txtUsername.Text & "]"
l.LogId = 0
l.StaffId = 4
l.LogDate = Date.Now()
l.Insert()
.Insert() is picked up in my BLL layer by these two functions;
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This should be a fairly common question, but I haven't found a straightforward answer anywhere.
If I instantiate an object within a function in VB.NET and return it, does it return it be reference or by value. IE - should I be worried about performance if I write something like this:
Public Function ret_obj_func() As big_object
Dim ret_obj As New big_obj(<lots of stuff>)
Return ret_obj
End Function
If I call this function from somewhere else, will it instantiate the object in the ret_obj and then create a deep copy to pass back a copy to the caller, Or will it just pass back a reference?
How do you pass a control (say a textbox) to a function as a parameter in compiled assembly using CodeDom? I've tried passing through the args in the Invoke method but it doesn't work.[code]...
View 6 RepliesI'm needing to go through all the controls on a page, looking for a specific one. We've got a bunch of user controls, a masterpage, content panel, &c.
The basic idea is simple, but once I find the control I want, say five 'layers' in, the control is returned only one level.
I know I can do something cheesy like having a private variable and assigning the control to that down in the rabbit hole, but I figure there must be a more official method of doing this.[code]...
I am trying to create an object dynamically with CreateObject function. The code is below but it gives error:"ActiveX object can't be created" while calling the CreateObject function.
Public Class Form1
Public Delegate Sub DButtonClick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Private Sub DButton1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
MsgBox("You hit me")
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How can I create a function that returns an object of a certain type, which the user of the function specify in the argument (using vb.net 2010) ?
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The code above doesn't work, but maybe it can explain what I want to achieve. Using this feature, I want to hydrate my data transfer objects from datatable. Client will just call this function, specifying which DTO the client wants, and this function will just create that DTO and populating the properties with reflection GetType.GetProperties().
Lets say I have function returns an object and that object has 10 properties. for example
myStudent.ID
myStudent.Name
myStudent.Surname
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