AddressOf - With a Variable?

[simonm]

Vektor

That is not quite what I'm after. Say I had several functions that had the same interface as the delegate. How could I specify the function name as a string variable?

Perhaps if I gave a psudo-code example to explain what I mean:

Private Delegate Sub MyDelete(ByVal showText As String)
 
   Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
      Dim strFunctionName as String
      Dim oDelegateObject As MyDelete
      
      strFunctionName = "MyDelegateCallback"
 
      oDelegateObject = New MyDelete(AddressOf strFunctionName)
 
      oDelegateObject.Invoke("I am using a delegate!")
   End Sub
 
   Private Sub MyDelegateCallback(ByVal showText As String)
      MessageBox.Show(showText.Trim())
   End Sub

NOTE: I need the function name to be a string variable because I will be getting it from an XML file.