convert a string value to a method

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Hi All, need your enlightenment since i was new in vb.net.

VB

'this value is a string type
varsfromDB = Dataset.Tables(0).Rows(I)("FUNC")

'this part that i did not know how to make the next line to work
varsConverted = convert.sometype(varsfromDB)

'this line is the goal
Call varsConverted()

and it was definitely end up with "expression is not a method". can somebody help me?
thank you in advance

Posted 2-May-14 8:07am

arauz_bluemoon

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[no name] 2-May-14 14:14pm

You really need to describe what it is that you are trying to do. varsConverted is a variable not a method. You cannot "call" it.

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Are you looking for this : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.convert.tostring.aspx[^] ?

Posted 2-May-14 18:16pm

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Abhinav S · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-02T08:12:00

Solution 1

This is not how you call a method dynamically.
What you do is use Reflection.

Some examples -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a89hcwhh%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^]
Invoking a method via reflection using parameter names?[^]

Posted 2-May-14 8:12am

Abhinav S

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Maciej Los 2-May-14 14:28pm

+5!

Abhinav S 2-May-14 14:31pm

Thank you.

arauz_bluemoon 2-May-14 23:23pm

Thank you Abhinav for your enlightenment, is there any other way to call method besides using reflection? and is it the same method like codedom?