Text to FUnction Name

[aashish_9601]

I have few columns in a datagridview,out of which one is of type Button and another is of TextBox(which is hidden). When the user clicks on the button in the column , i want to execute the function whose name is written in the corresponding column.

plz help

[amrita]

You can get the value of the text box. So after that use selct case.

 Select Case gridTextBox.text
            Case "ABC"
                Call ABC()
            Case "XYZ"
                Call XYZ()
        End Select

[aashish_9601]

Sorry, i should have mentioned,
this(cases) is what i am trying to avoid

[cicatrix]

Imports System.Reflection
 
Public Class Form1
    Sub Say(ByVal Arg1 As String, ByVal arg2 As String)
        MsgBox(Arg1 & arg2)
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Dim MethodName As String = "Say"
        Dim Args() As String = {"Hello, ", "World"}
        Dim thistype As Type = GetType(Form1)
        Dim mi As MethodInfo = thistype.GetMethod(MethodName)
        mi.Invoke(Me, Args)
    End Sub
End Class

[amrita]

Use

 CallByName(Me, gridTextBox.text, CallType.Method)

[dbasnett]

Sorry, i should have mentioned,
this(cases) is what i am trying to avoid

Even though cicatrix has given you an answer, why are you trying to avoid Select Case?

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                              ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim wordsToExecute() As String = New String() {"one", "two", "three"} 'simulate hidden textbox values
        For Each word As String In wordsToExecute
            doWord(word)
        Next
    End Sub

    Private Sub doWord(ByVal word As String)
        Select Case word
            Case "one"
                Stop
            Case "two"
                Stop
            Case "three"
                Stop
        End Select
    End Sub

[cicatrix]

Even though cicatrix has given you an answer, why are you trying to avoid Select Case?

I second that. Select case is probably a better solution.