Re: How to determine read/write status of a property

Hi Chris,

You need to query the property's PropertyInfo class for its CanRead and
CanWrite boolean properties.

Type t = ...;
PropertyInfo pi = t.GetProperty("Name");

if (pi.CanRead)
...

if (pi.CanWrite)
...

HTH

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Efran Cobisi
http://www.cobisi.com

chris Burgess wrote:
> How do I discover if a property is read only or read/write at runtime
> (other than trying to write to it)?
>
> e.g.
> If:
> Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String
>         Get
>             Return _name
>         End Get
>     End Property
>
> then I want the textbox on the form to be read only.
>
> If:
> Private _name As String
>     Public Property Name() As String
>         Get
>             Return _name
>         End Get
>         Set(ByVal value As String)
>             _name = value
>         End Set
>     End Property
>
> then I want the textbox to be read/write.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
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