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This question is a follow-on to VB ReDim of member field programmatically. After the arrays are dimensioned appropriately, I try to set the values of the elements, but I get an exception at run time when I try to assign the first value (MySB.AssignValues(0, "B", 0, 7.6))
System.InvalidCastException was unhandled
HResult=-2147467262
Message=Object cannot be stored in an array of this type.
Source=mscorlib
Module TestSetArray
Public Class BS
Public A As String
Public B() As Double
Public C() As Double
End Class
Public Class SB
Public MyBS() As BS
'ReadFieldString is a function that returns a string of the field name of Class BS,
'i.e., A, B or C. For test purpose, retun a constant
Public Function ReadFieldString() As String
Return "B"
End Function
'GetArrayDim is a function that returns an integer, which is the size of the array
'of that field name. For test purpose, retun a constant
Public Function GetArrayDim() As Integer
Return 2
End Function
Public Sub DimArrays()
ReDim MyBS(3)
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To MyBS.Length - 1
MyBS(i) = New BS()
Dim f = GetType(BS).GetField(ReadFieldString())
f.SetValue(MyBS(i), Array.CreateInstance(f.FieldType.GetElementType(), GetArrayDim()))
Next
End Sub
Public Sub AssignValues(MainIndex As Integer, TheName As String, TheIndex As Integer, TheValue As Double)
Dim f = MyBS(MainIndex).GetType.GetMember(TheName)
f.SetValue(TheValue, TheIndex)
End Sub
End Class
Sub Main()
Dim MySB As SB = New SB
MySB.DimArrays()
MySB.AssignValues(0, "B", 0, 7.6)
MySB.AssignValues(0, "B", 1, 8.2)
End Sub
End Module
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The problem is that the GetMember method returns an array of type MemberInfo, not the double array of the class. You'd probably have an easier time if you used GetField instead. You have to call GetValue and cast its result to an Array in order to use SetValue to set the value.
Public Sub AssignValues(MainIndex As Integer, TheName As String, TheIndex As Integer, TheValue As Double)
Dim f = MyBS(MainIndex).GetType().GetField(TheName)
Dim doubleArray = DirectCast(f.GetValue(MyBS(MainIndex)), Array)
doubleArray.SetValue(TheValue, TheIndex)
End Sub
or if you know that the array will always be an array of Double, you can cast it directly to that:
Public Sub AssignValues(MainIndex As Integer, TheName As String, TheIndex As Integer, TheValue As Double)
Dim f = MyBS(MainIndex).GetType().GetField(TheName)
Dim doubleArray = DirectCast(f.GetValue(MyBS(MainIndex)), Double())
doubleArray(TheIndex) = TheValue
End Sub