For me it's a bit hard to answer your question, since I have only theoretical knowledge of reflection. Let's hope either Rick or Paul or Bonnie will jump in and straight this out for you.

>Naomi,
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>Thanks. This got me closer but I'm still missing something, probably because I just barely understand what I'm doing. That thread points to Rick Strahl's blog which offers the following code:
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>public const BindingFlags MemberAccess =
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>      BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic |
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>      BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.IgnoreCase ;
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>String MyTextBoxName = "txtCompany";
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>String ValueToSet = "NewValue";
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>// *** Get a reference to the TextBox
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>TextBox MyTextBox = (TextBox) this.GetType().GetField(MyTextBox,BindingFlags).GetValue(this,MyTextBoxName);
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>MyTextBox.GetType().GetProperty("Text",BindingFlags).SetValue(MyTextBox,ValueToSet,null);
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>I have checked several times and think I typed in what he suggested accurately. Here's what I tried:
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>

>        public const BindingFlags MemberAccess = BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic |
>            BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.IgnoreCase;
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>        /// <summary>
>        /// Constructor
>        /// </summary>
>        public PatientMaint(int currentPatientId)
>        {
>            . . .
>            oCoverageType = (CoverageType)this.RegisterBizObj(new CoverageType());
>            . . .
>            InitializeComponent();
>            oCoverageType.GetAllData();
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>            int CvgTypeCount = oCoverageType.GetRowCount();
>            //ArrayList aCvgType = new ArrayList(CvgTypeCount);
>            for (int i = 0; i < CvgTypeCount; i = i + 1)
>            {
>                oCoverageType.DataRow = oCoverageType.DataSet.Tables[0].Rows[i];
>                string CvgTypeTextBoxName = "txtCoverage" + i.ToString();
>                TextBox CvgTypeTextBox = (TextBox)this.GetType().GetField(CvgTypeTextBox, BindingFlags).GetValue(this, CvgTypeTextBoxName);
>                CvgTypeTextBox.GetType().GetProperty("Text", MemberAccess).SetValue(CvgTypeTextBox, oCoverageType.Entity.CoverageType, null);
>                //aCvgType.Add(oCoverageType.Entity.CoverageType);
>            }
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>

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>When I try to run this, I get a compile error: 'System.Reflection.BindingFlags' is a 'type' but is used like a 'variable'. Then I tried changing BindingFlags to MemberAccess, thinking that I needed to reference the variable name. When I do that I get the following error: Error 1 The best overloaded method match for 'System.Type.GetField(string, System.Reflection.BindingFlags)' -- Error 2 Argument '1': cannot convert from 'System.Windows.Forms.TextBox' to 'string'
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>Any help is greatly appreciated.
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>>See if this thread can help
>>Re: Converting a string to an object property Thread #1323589
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>>>I have a Windows form on which I need to display a series of text boxes, each displaying the value of a field from a different row of the dataset. In FoxPro, one way I have done is by using a macro to get an indirect reference to the text box name.
>>>
>>>For example:
>>>
>>>

>>>* Using the indirect reference
>>>lcBaseName = "TypeDesc"
>>>lcRowCount = 1
>>>use myTable
>>>scan
>>>    lcCurrentTextBox = lcBaseName + str(lnRowCount)
>>>    &lcCurrentTextBox.Value = myTable.TypeDesc
>>>endfor
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>In .NET, I tried creating a variable with a type of Control and building it's name property using a counter but I couldn't get that to work.
>>>
>>>The other way I have done this in FoxPro is to set the ControlSource to an element of an array built from the table. In .NET, I tried creating an arraylist from the table and assigning an element to the BindingSource and the Text properties (not at the same time) with no success.
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any suggestions? I really don't want to hard code this if I can avoid it.
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance.