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GetProperty – Reading a property via reflection

' Read a property via reflection or return a default value' Example: MessageBox.Show(GetProperty(Button1, "Text", ""))Function GetProperty(ByVal obj As Object, ByVal propertyName As String, _    ByVal defaultValue As Object) As Object    Try        Dim pi As System.Reflection.PropertyInfo = obj.GetType().GetProperty _            (propertyName)        If Not pi Is Nothing Then            Return pi.GetValue(obj, Nothing)        End If    Catch    End Try    ' if property doesn't exist or throws    Return defaultValueEnd Function

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