Anyone experienced with FieldInfo.SetVa lue

[jw56578]

Im trying to use FieldInfo.SetVa lue to set the values of fields in a
class, the class is using reflection on itself to popluate its own
fields. but i keep getting this error.

Object type cannot be converted to target type

here is code
Dim myFieldInfo() As System.Reflecti on.FieldInfo
Dim myType As Type = Me.GetType
' Get the type and fields of FieldInfoClass.
myFieldInfo =
myType.GetField s(Reflection.Bi ndingFlags.NonP ublic Or _
Reflection.Bind ingFlags.Instan ce Or
Reflection.Bind ingFlags.Public )

' Display the field information of FieldInfoClass.
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To myFieldInfo.Len gth - 1
Dim customatts() As Object =
myFieldInfo(i). GetCustomAttrib utes(True)
If customatts.Leng th > 0 Then
Dim fm As FieldMember = CType(customatt s(0),
FieldMember)
If htFields.Contai ns(fm.DbFieldNa me) Then
myFieldInfo(i). SetValue(me, htFields(fm.DbF ieldName))

End If
Next i

the error occurs on SetValue

[Derek Harmon]

<jw*****@gmail. com> wrote in message news:11******** *************@f 14g2000cwb.goog legroups.com...

Object type cannot be converted to target type : : If htFields.Contai ns(fm.DbFieldNa me) Then
myFieldInfo(i). SetValue(me, htFields(fm.DbF ieldName))

It's because the Type retrieved from (Hashtable?) htFields with the
key fm.DbFieldName is not convertible to the Type of the field
whose FieldInfo you're using.

You may need to typecast, using CType( ) or CStr( ) or something,
or the types may just be incompatible (you can't put a String into a
field of type Integer - if the String happens to contain a number you
have to Parse it out manually, as an example).

Look at htFields( fm.DbFieldName) .GetType( ) and the type of
the field, and then try to convert between them if possible.
Derek Harmon