propertyinfo.getvalue "Object Does Not match target type"

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I'm trying to use GetValue from PropertyInfo but keep getting "Object Does Not match target type". I have tried using a string variable and it says Me is not recongized which I saw in other help.

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For Each logentry As LogEntry In _lr
            For Each _pi In logentry.GetType.GetProperties()

                Dim _val = _pi.GetValue(_pi.GetType(), Nothing)
                Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0}:  {1}", _pi.Name, _val))
            Next
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Posted 11-Feb-14 9:31am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2014-02-11T10:58:00

You are trying to use this method: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b05d59ty%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^].

You do it completely wrong, with wrong parameters. First parameter should be some instance of the object. It's totally pointless to get _pi.GetType, this type is known, PropertyInfo. Second parameter will be non-null only for indexed properties.

All you need is to think a bit. You wrote you code without any understanding of what object would you need to get and from what object. This is easy, just think about it. I don't know where is the object to get a property value, because you started with its type, you may or may not have it. The first parameter can be null, quite naturally, that means this is a static property. You can sort out static properties from non-static using appropriate BindingFlags.

—SA