CType question

I've been a good boy and have Option Strict = on. However I've now run into a snag.

I need to access a property from a dynamically added user-control, normally I would use something like

VB Code:

CType(usrControl,usrControlType).Property = Value

Problem is, in the bit of code I need to do this, I do not know what type of control I am accessing.

Is there I way I can get the type for use with CType? I've tried a couple of ideas but no success yet.

thanks

Use reflection

Can you briefly explain what reflection is please?

Reflection is the ability to get an objects type, methods and members at runtime. Thats how intellisense is implemented. It is a powerful feature. You can even create a new exe or dll at runtime.

I've worked around my problem but I deffo think I'll look into reflection. I found some good stuff from searching with google but it all seemed far too much for the 'simple' result I want.

Still, thanks for your help