Strings as Object Methods

Hi everybody,

I'm completely new to VB (I'm on 6.0 for this project), but I'm not new to programming. My problem is as such: I have a string that I want to use to call a method of a specified object. I'm using the Microsoft Agent class, and here's what I'm doing (in a nutshell):

Code:

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Private Sub Form_Load()
  Agent1.Characters.Load "Merlin", "merlin.acs"
  Set Merlin = Agent1.Characters("Merlin")
  Dim sAction As String
  sAction = "Show"
  Merlin.sAction
  Merlin.Play ("Greet")
  'etc
  Merlin.Hide
End Sub

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It fails on Merlin.sAction. I know I can do this in C/C++ derrived web languages (such as PHP and Perl), but I'm not sure how o do this in VB. Help is appreciated.

Cheers!

Use the CallByName function

sAction = "Show"
CallByName merlin, sAction, VbMethod

i dont know about PHP and other similar languages, but in VB, you cannot expect this to work:

VB Code:

Dim iStr as String
iStr = [i]<name of action>[/i] 'Show in your case
Object.iStr

because sAction is not a valid event of MS Agent control.
just use:

VB Code:

Merlin.Show

it should work.

Harsh Gupta

EDIT: :eek: right bruce, i forgot the CallByName funcntion!! sorry