inspecting an object's properties

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hey all,
you know how in the immediate window you can inspect an objects property, i
was just wondering if there was a way to display all that on my web page in a
div or something?

thanks,
rodchar

[Alberto Poblacion]

Re: inspecting an object's properties

"rodchar" <rodchar@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message
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you know how in the immediate window you can inspect an objects property,
i
was just wondering if there was a way to display all that on my web page
in a
div or something?

Not automatically, but you can program it by means of Reflection. For
instance, if you add to your web page a table with ID="tbl", you can display
the properties of an object with code that is similar to this:

using System.Reflecti on;
....
Type t = theObject.GetTy pe();
PropertyInfo pia[] = t.GetProperties ();
foreach (PropertyInfo pi in pia)
{
HtmlTableRow tr = new HtmlTableRow();
tbl.Rows.Add(tr );

HtmlTableCell td1 = new HtmlTableCell() ;
tr.Cells.Add(td 1);
LiteralControl lc1 = new LiteralControl( pi.Name);
td1.Controls.Ad d(lc1);

object propertyValue = pi.GetValue(the Object, null);
HtmlTableCell td2 = new HtmlTableCell() ;
tr.Cells.Add(td 2);
LiteralControl lc2 = new LiteralControl( propertyValue.T oString());
td2.Controls.Ad d(lc2);
}

This displays each of the properties converted to a string. If you wish to
recursively display the properties of each property, you will have to write
something more sophisticated, possibly using a tree control instead of a
table.

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Re: inspecting an object's properties

thanks for the help,
rod.

"Alberto Poblacion" wrote:

"rodchar" <rodchar@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message
news:B6C4192B-12F6-4886-82D8-A1073248C2B4@mi crosoft.com...

you know how in the immediate window you can inspect an objects property,
i
was just wondering if there was a way to display all that on my web page
in a
div or something?

>
Not automatically, but you can program it by means of Reflection. For
instance, if you add to your web page a table with ID="tbl", you can display
the properties of an object with code that is similar to this:
>
using System.Reflecti on;
....
Type t = theObject.GetTy pe();
PropertyInfo pia[] = t.GetProperties ();
foreach (PropertyInfo pi in pia)
{
HtmlTableRow tr = new HtmlTableRow();
tbl.Rows.Add(tr );
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HtmlTableCell td1 = new HtmlTableCell() ;
tr.Cells.Add(td 1);
LiteralControl lc1 = new LiteralControl( pi.Name);
td1.Controls.Ad d(lc1);
>
object propertyValue = pi.GetValue(the Object, null);
HtmlTableCell td2 = new HtmlTableCell() ;
tr.Cells.Add(td 2);
LiteralControl lc2 = new LiteralControl( propertyValue.T oString());
td2.Controls.Ad d(lc2);
}
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This displays each of the properties converted to a string. If you wish to
recursively display the properties of each property, you will have to write
something more sophisticated, possibly using a tree control instead of a
table.
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