Type Conversion Query

[Glyn T]

Hi,

I have 2 classes, say B & C which are both inherited from the same
class, A.
Class A has a property which is used to hold a reference to a
subclassed form.
Class A also has a method that dynamically loads classes in the
following way:-

object objC;
objC = objDLL.CreateInstance("classname",true,BindingFlag s etc etc..;

Basically, the above method is executed in class B to instantiate
class C. Note the type "object" for objC as it needs to be wholly
generic.

What I need to do is copy the property from class B to class C. I have
written a generic routine to do this by passing the source property in
as "object" so I can use it for copying any property. The routine then
narrows "object" down to the target property type using ChangeType.

The problem I have in this case is that the property is not a
System.Type so some form of TypeConverter is needed as ChangeType will
throw an exception.

For the "SetValue" method I pass in the following parameters:-

The new class instance (object oObject)
The target property (string strProperty)
The value of the target property (object oValue)

Using reflection is fine for referencing the class instance and the
target property. But before I can use the SetValue method I have to
narrow down oValue to the same Type as the target property which
unfortunately - in this case - is a subclassed form and not a simple
type.

I would be very interested to hear from anyone that has done this.
I've read about ComponentConverter, ITypeDescriptorContext and so on
but am struggling.

Cheers.

Glyn.