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Asked: 2026-05-11T02:50:18+00:00

So this seems pretty basic but I can’t get it to work. I have

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So this seems pretty basic but I can’t get it to work. I have an Object, and I am using reflection to get to its public properties. One of these properties is static and I’m having no luck getting to it.

Public Function GetProp(ByRef obj As Object, ByVal propName as String) as PropertyInfo     Return obj.GetType.GetProperty(propName)      End Function

The above code works fine for Public Instance properties, which up until now is all that I have needed. Supposedly I can use BindingFlags to request other types of properties (private, static), but I can’t seem to find the right combination.

Public Function GetProp(ByRef obj As Object, ByVal propName as String) as PropertyInfo     Return obj.GetType.GetProperty(propName, Reflection.BindingFlags.Static Or Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance Or Reflection.BindingFlags.Public)      End Function

But still, requesting any Static members return nothing. .NET reflector can see the static properties just fine, so clearly I am missing something here.

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  1. Ok so the key for me was to use the .FlattenHierarchy BindingFlag. I don’t really know why I just added it on a hunch and it started working. So the final solution that allows me to get Public Instance or Static Properties is:

    obj.GetType.GetProperty(propName, Reflection.BindingFlags.Public _   Or Reflection.BindingFlags.Static Or Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance Or _   Reflection.BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy)
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