> This will take you into productivity heaven. 20 lines of code instead of one.

I agree! But depends on the availability of attributes. :-)

Ok. Just one line. ;-)

using System.Reflection; // define this name space above


object aObj = textBox1;
string aProp = "eNaBled";
object aValue = false;

// One line here.
TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(aObj).Find(aProp, true).SetValue(aObj, aValue);

//*********************************************
object aObj = textBox1;
string aProp = "text";
object aValue = "Foxite Rocks!";

// One line here.
TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(aObj).Find(aProp, true).SetValue(aObj, aValue);

But then, as what Cetin says: it's not the only way.

There are many ways to make the code shorter. Let's say:

Much shorter.

textBox1.Enabled = true;

:-P

but if you have one-to-many object within a collection stored, i'll use the code provided above.

e.g.

string aProp = "enabled";
object aValue = false;

ArrayList aList = new ArrayList();

// selected object to be disabled
aList.Add(textBox1);
aList.Add(listBox1);
aList.Add(panel1);

foreach(object aObj in aList)
{
     TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(aObj).Find(aProp, true).SetValue(aObj, aValue);
}

Note: all object added in the collection must exist.

Just a sharing. :-)

Best Regards,

CriZ (,")

"Happiness is real when shared."