VB6 allows late bound calls to procedures, but VB.NET gives an error. Does anyone have a solution for this?


Dim currentForm As Form = Form.ActiveForm

'The following statement gives an error; 'InitializeFields' is not a member of 'System.Windows.Forms.Form'

currentForm.InitializeFields()


Public Class Form1
    Public Sub InitializeFields
        txtText1.Text = ""
    End Sub
End Class

Public Class Form2
    Public Sub InitializeFields
        txtText1.Text = ""
    End Sub
End Class

You can late-bound, but you have to ctype current form to the appropriate form type for it to work.

Brian

Thanks for your response, but can you give me some sample code. The code should not refer to specific forms like form1 or form2 but should be generalized as in VB6.

Actually, the best way to do the technique you want is define an interface:

public interface IlateBoundForm
  function DoThis as string
end interface

public class form2 : FOrm
..
  Dim o as IlateBoundForm = (ILateBoundForm)Form.ActiveForm.InitializeField()
..
end class

I believe that should work. Any form inheriting from ILateBoundForm could call that method. Though, it can only call only the methods defined in the interface.

Brian

Thanks Brian for pointing me in the right direction.