NewLateBinding.LateCall Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Source:

NewLateBinding.vb

Executes a late-bound method or function call. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.

public:
 static System::Object ^ LateCall(System::Object ^ Instance, Type ^ Type, System::String ^ MemberName, cli::array <System::Object ^> ^ Arguments, cli::array <System::String ^> ^ ArgumentNames, cli::array <Type ^> ^ TypeArguments, cli::array <bool> ^ CopyBack, bool IgnoreReturn);

public static object? LateCall (object? Instance, Type? Type, string MemberName, object?[]? Arguments, string?[]? ArgumentNames, Type?[]? TypeArguments, bool[]? CopyBack, bool IgnoreReturn);

static member LateCall : obj * Type * string * obj[] * string[] * Type[] * bool[] * bool -> obj

Public Shared Function LateCall (Instance As Object, Type As Type, MemberName As String, Arguments As Object(), ArgumentNames As String(), TypeArguments As Type(), CopyBack As Boolean(), IgnoreReturn As Boolean) As Object

Parameters

Instance

Object

An instance of the call object exposing the property or method.

Type

Type

The type of the call object.

MemberName

String

The name of the property or method on the call object.

Arguments

Object[]

An array containing the arguments to be passed to the property or method being called.

ArgumentNames

String[]

An array of argument names.

TypeArguments

Type[]

An array of argument types; used only for generic calls to pass argument types.

CopyBack

Boolean[]

An array of Boolean values that the late binder uses to communicate back to the call site which arguments match ByRef parameters. Each True value indicates that the arguments matched and should be copied out after the call to LateCall is complete.

IgnoreReturn

Boolean

A Boolean value indicating whether or not the return value can be ignored.

Returns

Object

An instance of the call object.

Remarks

Similar to CallByName.