Question

I’m having following problem.
I should convert a control to a certain type, this can be multiple types

(for example a custom button or a custom label, ….)
Here’s an example of what i would like to do:

private void ConvertToTypeAndUseCustomProperty(Control c)
{
     Type type = c.getType();
     ((type) c).CustomPropertieOfControl = 234567;
}

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Although C#, before 4.0, doesn’t support dynamic type resolution as VB does, it can be achieved with a little bit of reflection.

private void ConvertToTypeAndUseCustomProperty(Control c) 
{ 
   PropertyInfo p = c.GetType().GetProperty("CustomPropertieOfControl"); 
   if (p == null)
     return;
   p.SetValue(c, new object[] { 234567 }); 
}