Inherited form Name from Base

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ScottL

Is there any way to get the name of an inheriting object in the item it
is inheriting from? In my case I am looking for a way to get the name
of a form from its base.

For example

Public Class BaseForm
Public Overridable Sub Foo()
'Can I Get the name of the calling obect in here without
passing it?
End Sub
End Class

Public Class InheritedForm
Inherits BaseForm

Public Overrides Sub Foo()
mybase.Foo()
End Sub
End Class
 
ScottL said:
Is there any way to get the name of an inheriting object in the item it
is inheriting from?
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Public Class BaseForm
Public Overridable Sub Foo()
' Name of the calling object?
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Debug.Writeline( Me.Name ) ' "calling" class
Debug.Writeline( MyClass.Name ) ' /this/ class
End Sub
End Class

Public Class InheritedForm
Inherits BaseForm

Public Overrides Sub Foo()
MyBase.Foo()
End Sub
End Class
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HTH,
Phill W.
 
I can think of some ugly ways to do it.

One way would be a

mustoverride function GetChildName as string

That way the inheriting class would have to define a function or property if
you prefer to return its name and the base could safely call GetChildName
inside Foo.
You could do the same with an interface if you chose.

I don't know of a quick and easy key word way to do it in VB.NET
 
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