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How can I get and set an object property by name?

I have a property name in a variable, how can I get or set that property?

Apr 27th, 2002 16:33
Nathan Wallace,

You can use Reflection to get and set a property by name.  Here is 
some example code: 
  // obj is the object to set the property on (can be this)
  // newValue is the new property value
  string propertyName = "PropertyName";
  System.Reflection.PropertyInfo property;
  property = Type("MyObject").GetProperty(propertyName);
  property.SetValue(obj, newValue, null);
You can read more about the property info class here:
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemreflectionpropertyinfoclasstopic.asp