See the "Error number" column if you are upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 applications that use unstructured error handling. (You can compare the error number against the Number Property (Err Object).) However, when possible, you should consider replacing such error control with Structured Exception Handling Overview for Visual Basic.

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

This function is not supported.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic

Module: Interaction

Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

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