Indirect referencing (Resolved)

Hi,

In some DOS languages we had a facility known as "Macro Substitution", whereby you could directly access the object named in a variable. e.g.

strVar contained the string "File1"

Assuming the Macro Substitution reference is "&" you could then access File1 by refering to it as

&strVar

I know that you can access controls in VB.NET in a similar way by using Collections, but can you do something similar with variables?

Taxes,

I'm not quite grasping your question, could you re-phrase it please.

:wave:

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Originally posted by CyberHawke
Taxes,

I'm not quite grasping your question, could you re-phrase it please.

:wave:

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Right,

say i have a sub named TestThis() and a string variable named strTest.

In VB.NET, can I put "TestThis" into strTest and then call the sub by using the contents of strTest?

As I said, this used to be called Macro Substitution and was VERY useful.

You still didn't make yourself clear..

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Originally posted by PT Exorcist
You still didn't make yourself clear..

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O.K. I'll try again.

Dim strTest As String = "TestThis"

Private Sub TestThis()
MessageBox.Show("It Works")
End Sub


Can I call the sub TestThis by using strTest in some way?

He is looking for something like the "CallByName" Method in VB6...

not sure if it exists in .NET???

Take a look at this.... http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickst...oc/Invoke.aspx

Hi ABX,

Looks good. Yes, the CallBy Name function is still available. I'll look at that and your link tomorrow.

Many thanks.

Hi ABX,

Yes, the CallByName function works perfectly.

e.g.

VB Code:

In an event or procedure.
 
Dim strTest As String="TestingThis"
CallByName(Me, strTest, CallType.Method)
 
 
Sub TestingThis()
  MessageBox.Show("TestingThis Method Successfully Called")
End Sub

Many thanks, I've been looking for this for months.:wave:

Now I can throw away my dBaseIII Plus:bigyello: