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Steven A Smith (VIP)

In a Trace.Write() statement, is it possible to dynamically determine the
current method's name and/or signature? I'm using this to get the current
object:
this.GetType().ToString() + ".CreateChildControls()

But I'd like to replace the hardcoded ".CreateChildControls()" with something
automatic (to make it easier to cut and paste). Does such a call exist?

Also, is there a way to get the current class's type? Right now I'm using
GetType() as you can see, but that returns the variable's type. I want my
class's type (which may or may not be the same thing due to inheritance). For
instance if I have a Person class and a Customer class, both of which have the
same method Foo() (Customer overrides Person), I want Customer.Foo() and
Person.Foo() to show up in my trace statement.

Thanks,

Steve

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Scott (VIP)

Here you go:

Dim st As New System.Diagnostics.StackTrace()
Dim sf As System.Diagnostics.StackFrame =3D st.GetFrame(0)
MessageBox.Show(sf.GetMethod().Name)

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Steven A Smith (VIP)

Perfect, thanks.

Can you tell which class that's coming from?

e.g. if I have Class Person and Class Customer and both have a getName function,
and Customer calls MyBase.getName() so both get called whenever one is called,
is there a programmatic way for me to see *which* getName I'm in?

I've been using GetType().ToString() but that always shows the instance's class
(Customer, not Person), regardless of how deep into the object parent tree the
method calls go.

Thanks!
Steve

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Subject: [aspngdebug] RE: Programmatically Determine Method Name?

Here you go:

Dim st As New System.Diagnostics.StackTrace()
Dim sf As System.Diagnostics.StackFrame = st.GetFrame(0)
MessageBox.Show(sf.GetMethod().Name)

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