type of an object

How can I know the data type of an object in general ? I tried GetType but with no luck !
as an example
system.Activator (there are million of objects ....)
thanx for any help ?

would something like this work?

If myObject.GetType Is GetType(PictureBox) Then blah

"Object Reference not set to an instance of an object "
:p
It must be more complicated than this

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Originally posted by pirate
"Object Reference not set to an instance of an object "
:p
It must be more complicated than this

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well then set it to something! :)
yeah you're right, you cant' check the object type with GetType if it's set to Nothing.... but would you really wanna check an object type if it's null? :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by MrPolite
well then set it to something! :)
yeah you're right, you cant' check the object type with GetType if it's set to Nothing.... but would you really wanna check an object type if it's null? :rolleyes:

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maybe I need so .anyways , I tried this but same error

VB Code:

Dim myobject As Object
If myobject.GetType Is GetType(TextBox) Then
MsgBox("your object is  " & myobject).ToString()
End If

Quote:

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Originally posted by pirate
maybe I need so .anyways , I tried this but same error

VB Code:

Dim myobject As Object
If myobject.GetType Is GetType(TextBox) Then
MsgBox("your object is  " & myobject).ToString()
End If

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well I tried this and it worked:
dim pic as new picturebox
if pic.gettype() is gettype(picturebox) then msgbox "BOO"

Well this works but return nothing without type name ??empty space:confused: what's wrong

VB Code:

Dim myobject As Object
Dim txt As New TextBox()
If txt.GetType Is GetType(TextBox) Then
MsgBox("your object is  " & myobject).ToString()
End If

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Originally posted by pirate
Well this works but return nothing without type name ??empty space:confused: what's wrong

VB Code:

Dim myobject As Object
Dim txt As New TextBox()
If txt.GetType Is GetType(TextBox) Then
MsgBox("your object is  " & myobject).ToString()
End If

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eeh I dont know what you're trying to do. What's myObject doing there?
is this what you want?

VB Code:

Dim txt As New TextBox()
        If txt.GetType Is GetType(TextBox) Then
            MsgBox(txt.GetType.Name)
        End If

I forgot to delete "myobject"
Thanx , it's working . :D