Interaction.CallByName Method

'Declaration
Public Shared Function CallByName ( _
	ObjectRef As Object, _
	ProcName As String, _
	UseCallType As CallType, _
	ParamArray Args As Object() _
) As Object
'Usage
Dim ObjectRef As Object
Dim ProcName As String
Dim UseCallType As CallType
Dim Args As Object()
Dim returnValue As Object

returnValue = Interaction.CallByName(ObjectRef, ProcName, UseCallType, Args)

public static Object CallByName (
	Object ObjectRef, 
	String ProcName, 
	CallType UseCallType, 
	Object[] Args
)

public static function CallByName (
	ObjectRef : Object, 
	ProcName : String, 
	UseCallType : CallType, 
	... Args : Object[]
) : Object

Parameters

ObjectRef

Required. Object. A pointer to the object exposing the property or method.

ProcName

Required. String. A string expression containing the name of the property or method on the object.

UseCallType

Required. An enumeration member of type CallType Enumeration representing the type of procedure being called. The value of CallType can be Method, Get, or Set.

Args

Optional. ParamArray. A parameter array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called.

Return Value

For more detailed information, see the Visual Basic topic CallByName Function.

The CallByName function is used at runtime to get a property, set a property, or invoke a method.

In the following example, the first line uses CallByName to set the Text property of a text box, the second line retrieves the value of the Text property, and the third line invokes the Move method to move the text box.

' Imports statements must be at the top of a module.
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.CallType

Sub TestCallByName1()
    'Set a property.
    CallByName(TextBox1, "Text", CallType.Set, "New Text")

    'Retrieve the value of a property.
    MsgBox(CallByName(TextBox1, "Text", CallType.Get))

    'Call a method.
    CallByName(TextBox1, "Hide", CallType.Method)
End Sub

The next example uses the CallByName function to invoke the Add and Item methods of a collection object.

Public Sub TestCallByName2()
    Dim col As New Collection()

    'Store the string "Item One" in a collection by 
    'calling the Add method.
    CallByName(col, "Add", CallType.Method, "Item One")

    'Retrieve the first entry from the collection using the 
    'Item property and display it using MsgBox().
    MsgBox(CallByName(col, "Item", CallType.Get, 1))
End Sub

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.NET Framework

.NET Compact Framework