type of an object

[Pirate]

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 ?

[MrPolite]

would something like this work?

If myObject.GetType Is GetType(PictureBox) Then blah

[Pirate]

"Object Reference not set to an instance of an object "

It must be more complicated than this

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by pirate
"Object Reference not set to an instance of an object "

It must be more complicated than this

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?

[Pirate]

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?

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

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

[MrPolite]

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

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

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

[Pirate]

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

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

[MrPolite]

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

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

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

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

[Pirate]

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