Friggin's .Net weirdness.

Thanks, Paul. I suspected the solution had something to do with reflection .... I'll try this tomorrow. Appreciate it.


>>OK, for some reason this is tough for me.
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>It's tough because it's completely non-obvious <g>.
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>Sinec you're working with an ASP.NET app. I assumed your control references were fields, not properties.
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>Here's what that might look like in C#
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>string myProps = "FormView1.PageIndex";
>string[] info = myProps.Split('.');
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>Type formType = this.GetType();
>System.Reflection.FieldInfo formInfo = formType.GetField(info[0], System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance);
>object control = formInfo.GetValue(this);
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>Type propertyType = control.GetType();
>System.Reflection.PropertyInfo controlInfo = propertyType.GetProperty(info[1]);
>object propertyValue = controlInfo.GetValue(control, null);
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>This (might) be the VB.NET version - I ran it through a translator so it might be a bit weird. For instance, I think the info(0) and info(1) should probably be info(1) and info(2).
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>Dim myProps As String = "FormView1.PageIndex"
>Dim info As String() = myProps.Split(Microsoft.VisualBasic.ChrW(46))
>Dim formType As Type = Me.GetType()
>Dim formInfo As System.Reflection.FieldInfo = formType.GetField(info(0), System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic Or System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance)
>Dim control As object = formInfo.GetValue(Me)
>Dim propertyType As Type = control.GetType()
>Dim controlInfo As System.Reflection.PropertyInfo = propertyType.GetProperty(info(1))
>Dim propertyValue As object = controlInfo.GetValue(control, Nothing)
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