So I had always wanted to be able to do something like this
dim myDog as new dogobject
dim methodVariable as string = “bark”
myDob.(methodVariable)
i.e. call a method by using a variable
Well, after some serious googling, I finally ran across this function CallByName
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/chsc1tx6%28VS.80%29.aspx
this allows me to do this
CallByName(myDog,methodVariable,CallType.Method)
or if you wanted to iterate through ever method in the object you could do
Dim pdc As System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptorCollection
pdc = System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(myDog.GetType)
For Each pd As System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor In pdc
CallByName(myDog,pdc.name,CallType.Method)
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