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kalldrexx
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15 years ago

How do I determine if a property exists on an object in c#?

I cannot seem to find a way to determine if a property exists or not.  For example, some of the checkboxes in our Delphi application contain ValueChecked and ValueUnChecked properties, which determine...
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HKosova
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15 years ago
Hi Matthew,



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When I try

if (!Connect.aqObject["IsSupported"](checkbox, "ValueChecked"))
an InvalidCastException occurs. 

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if an object's property (or method) returns true or false, I don't have to explicitly cast to bool in if statements. I wonder why this situation is different.

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The dev team have investigated the InvalidCastException issue. It's a bug, and it's going to be fixed in one of future releases. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!



Meanwhile, please use the explicit boolean cast as in my previous reply.