Can't pass a Structure to a Sub Procedure???

[blakemckenna]

I was using "Structure" as an illustration!

JMC...I have several Structures defined but I want to create a Generic Sub that will accept all the defined structures...

[Atheist]

...I was using "Structure" as an illustration! ...

Shouldve said so in the first place

[jmcilhinney]

I was using "Structure" as an illustration!

JMC...I have several Structures defined but I want to create a Generic Sub that will accept all the defined structures...

You can do as I have already suggested and declare the argument as type ValueType, but then the argument will accept any value type. I don't really see how that benefits you though. These types cannot have common functionality because they cannot inherit a common type (other than ValueType). What do you get by providing a single method for all types?

You could also overload your method, providing one signature for each type. That is probably a more reasonable path because then you can call the same method regardless of the type and the system will choose the correct overload. Because each overload is specific to a type you can provide specific functionality. If you had a single method signature you'd only have to test types and cast within anyway, which doesn't make any sense.

A further option is to declare an Interface and have all your structures implement it. Then you can declare your argument as that Interface type. That would also be a more sensible option if your structures actually do have common functionality.

Finally, you could declare your types as classes instead of structures and have them all inherit a common base class.

[blakemckenna]

They don't make is easy do they?