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Asked: 2026-06-05T23:34:19+00:00

I have the following code to get the object type of a collection: Dim

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I have the following code to get the object type of a collection:

Dim objType As Type = myCollection.[GetType]().GetProperty("Item").PropertyType

That line seems to work, but then I need to convert the collection to a datatable specifying the type of the collection, what is the correct way to pass the object type as parameter?

I’m trying:

DataTableCollectionConverter.ConvertToDataTable(Of objType)(myCollection)

but it is not even recognized as valid code

I’m using VS 2005, Net 2.0

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can’t use variables, even of type Type, in as type parameters for generics. They have to be compiled up-front, not at run-time. That’s why the compiler is complaining.

    You’ll have to use a weakly-typed version of that method, rely on reflection in some way or use a switch statement to provide the right type parameter to the generic method.

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