This is one of those things I do instinctively in Fox with Eval() or & and don't quite have the hang of yet in .NET



I have a number of private properties of type businesslayer



_Endorsements

_Premises

_GL

_Propmaster





I get a name ( but getting the displayvalue of an enum BOName ) of a business object.



The properties are named _



Now I want to look at the count of the BO based on the string which have representing



Dim varname as String = "_" & MicroFour.StrataFrame.Tools.Common.GetEnumDisplayValue(bo.BOName)



Lets say varname = "PROPMASTER"



Now I want to get the count of whatever BO is in the property which is in the string varname



i.e. Propmaster.count





Fumbling with syntax here. Appreciate any guidance.



TIA

Hi Charles,



For this kind of VFP EVAL() you have to use System.Reflection, even though I don't quite understand your logic.



I know you want to be able to access a BO instance just know its name or something like that. I think that if you post a quick sample on what you want to accomplish it would be easier.



I know the System.Reflection is the way to get these things done as in VFP EVALUATE() function, but I read many post of developers suggesting to be very careful about using reflection, don't know all the details, but perhaps after knowing more about your logic it could be done without it.

Edhy Rijo

Also if all you want is to get the bo instance based on its name, then you could try code like this:







Play with it in the debugger and I am sure you will get what you want.

Edhy Rijo