[RESOLVED] VB2008 - How do I declare an object with a dynamically assigned name?

[GarethD.Norris]

Hi All,

I have just taken the leap from VB6 to VB2008 and am not finding it too bad but I have now come across a scenario which has got me stumped:

I am trying to declare an object with the name dynamically assigned from the contents of the string as per the example below:

Public Shared Function Launch_Session(ByVal Session_Path As String, ByVal Session_File As String) As Boolean
 
	 Dim Session_File.Value As Object
 
	 ' Do other things here
 

End Function 

I am not even sure if this is possible but I need some way of using the same code to generate multiple objects based on the parameters sent to the function. I need to do this to use each of the objects created independently.

Any idea on how to get this working or an alternative solution?

Thanks,
Gareth.

[GarethD.Norris]

Hi All,

I found a way to do what i needed. I just use the functions return value to send the object details back to the function call as shown below:

Form1.vb Form Code:

MySession1 = Attachmate_Extra.Session_Integration.Launch_Session("C:\Temp\", "one.edp")

Attachmate_Extra.vb Class Code:

Public Shared Function Launch_Session(ByVal Session_Path As String, ByVal Session_File As String) As Object

' Code to create the object i want and copy that object to the Launch_Session object so i can differentiate.


Return Launch_Session

If i make a second call to the Attachmate_Extra class from the form with a different session as below:

MySession2 = Attachmate_Extra.Session_Integration.Launch_Session("C:\Temp\", "two.edp")

I can then use a specific object by referencing to it as part of the call as below:

SendKeys_Result = Attachmate_Extra.Session_Integration.SendKeys_To_Session(MySession1, "The keys i want to send")

This sends the object to use to the function (In the Attachmate_Extra.vb class) as below:

Public Shared Function SendKeys_To_Session(ByVal Session_To_Use As Object, ByVal Keys_To_Send As String, Optional By Val Wait_Time As Short = 200) As Boolean

Not really along the lines of what i was asking but as i dont think it is actually possible to do the way i wanted this may be of use to others,

Gareth.