Hi, I am trying to dynamically populate an objects properties using
reflection.
Specifically, I have an object called the theObj and it has a number
of properties.
property is a PropertyInfo object
What I want to do is to be able to set the property value dynamically
which I am doing so using this line of code (Simplified version below)
property.SetVal ue(theObj, TextBox1.Text, null);
The above works fine if the property is of type String as the item
TextBox1.Text returns a string.
If however, the property is of type Int32, DateTime etc it fails...
What I need to do is to cast the value returned from the TextBox.Text
(string) to the data type the property expects..
something like this
(This does not work)
property.SetVal ue(theObj, ((property.GetT ype())TextBox1. Text), null);
Any help appreciated
Thanks
Markus
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something like this
(This does not work)
property.SetVal ue(theObj, ((property.GetT ype())TextBox1. Text), null);
IConvertible ic = (IConvertible)T extBox1.Text;
Type targetType = property.Proper tyType;
property.SetVal ue(theObj, (ic.ToType(targ etType,
CultureInfo.Cur rentCulture)), null);
On Nov 6, 5:21 pm, "Alberto Poblacion" <earthling-
quitaestoparaco ntes...@poblaci on.orgwrote:
"MarkusJ_NZ " <Markus...@gmai l.comwrote in message
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something like this
(This does not work)
property.SetVal ue(theObj, ((property.GetT ype())TextBox1. Text), null);
IConvertible ic = (IConvertible)T extBox1.Text;
Type targetType = property.Proper tyType;
property.SetVal ue(theObj, (ic.ToType(targ etType,
CultureInfo.Cur rentCulture)), null);
Thanks :)
For completeness - there is also something called a TypeConverter that
is accsesible from a PropertyDescrip tor (which is very similar in
concept to a PropertyInfo); this allows for a much more context-
specific conversion, as you can specify the converter against
individual properties rather than the type. However, in most simple
cases a straight ToType will suffice.
Marc
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