"cannot apply indexing with [] to an expression of type object"

[Karel Vandenhove]

Hi,

I get an error "cannot apply indexing with [] to an expression of type
object" when I try to compile the code below.

SSLScannerManager is a COM component. (Used to access fingerprint
scanners and developed by neurotechnologija)

How does one get an array from a com component?
private void loadScanners()
{
SSLScannerMan scanMan = new SSLScannerMan();
scanMan.Initialize();
try
{
Int32 lenght = scanMan.DeviceCount;
object ids = new String[lenght];
scanMan.EnumDeviceIDs(ref ids);
scanners.Items.Clear();
for (Int32 i = 0; i < ((Array)ids).Length; i++)
{
String strTemp = (string) ((object)ids)[i]; // ERROR HERE
scanners.Items.Add(strTemp);
}

if (Scanner != null)
{
selected.Text = Scanner.DeviceID;
}
else
{
selected.Text = "N/A";
}
}
finally
{
scanMan.Finalize();
releaseComObject(scanMan);
}
}

[Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]]

String strTemp = (string) ((string[])ids)[i];

Should resolve it - you were trying to index into an object whereas the object is actually a string array - so you can cast it to that.

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk/weblog
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk

Hi,

I get an error "cannot apply indexing with [] to an expression of type
object" when I try to compile the code below.

SSLScannerManager is a COM component. (Used to access fingerprint
scanners and developed by neurotechnologija)

How does one get an array from a com component?
private void loadScanners()
{
SSLScannerMan scanMan = new SSLScannerMan();
scanMan.Initialize();
try
{
Int32 lenght = scanMan.DeviceCount;
object ids = new String[lenght];
scanMan.EnumDeviceIDs(ref ids);
scanners.Items.Clear();
for (Int32 i = 0; i < ((Array)ids).Length; i++)
{
String strTemp = (string) ((object)ids)[i]; // ERROR HERE
scanners.Items.Add(strTemp);
}

if (Scanner != null)
{
selected.Text = Scanner.DeviceID;
}
else
{
selected.Text = "N/A";
}
}
finally
{
scanMan.Finalize();
releaseComObject(scanMan);
}
}

[microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp]

[Karel Vandenhove]

Thanks for the quick answer.

When I cast to string[] I get a "Cast is not valid exception" at
runtime.

I guess it is not returning a string. Te VB example used a string

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Karel Vandenhove <ka*************@yahoo.com> wrote:

Thanks for the quick answer.

When I cast to string[] I get a "Cast is not valid exception" at
runtime.

I guess it is not returning a string. Te VB example used a string

Print out ids.GetType() to find out what type it is, and then use that
as the cast.

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