Converting string name of an object to the actual object

[chilling]

Is it possible to dim an object as a evaluation of a string variable.

Friend gobjSalesRecord As SageDataObject100.SalesRecord
 
Public Sub New(ByVal strSDODataObjectName As String)
 
        Dim objSDODataObject As Object
 
        objSDODataObject = strSDODataObjectName
 
        ......
 
End Sub

Where strSDODataObjectName = "gobjSalesRecord"

I want to convert that string name of the object to the actual Object and pass that, ie make objSDODataObject = gobjSalesRecord

[gigemboy]

Why not just pass the entire object into the sub?... (byval DataObject as SageDataObject100.SalesRecord)

[chilling]

Because I don't know which object I want to use until run time and the calling program does not know anything about SageDataObject100.SalesRecord .....

Anyway fixed it ... just needed to change this line

objSDODataObject = strSDODataObjectName

to

objSDODataObject = CObj(strSDODataObjectName)

[jmcilhinney]

Um, no. All that does is cast your String as an Object and assign it to that variable. It absolutely DOES NOT get a reference to an object that is refered to by a variable of that name. strSDODataObjectName is a string variable and the value it contains has no relationship whatsoever to any other variable whose name is the same as that value. If you want to get a member variable from a name in a string then you need to use Reflection.