Gets or set Control Properties from another thread

Introduction

Sometimes you need to change some of the control properties from another thread, in such a case, System.Reflection.PropertyInfo Class will come handy.

Code

 ' Refert to MSDN, PropertyInfo Class
    ' http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/System.Reflection.PropertyInfo%28v=vs.110%29.aspx
    Public Shared Function GetControlPropertyValue(name As String, control As System.Windows.Forms.Control) As Object
        Dim info As System.Reflection.PropertyInfo = control.GetType().GetProperty(name)
        Return info.GetValue(control, Nothing)
    End Function

    ' Refert to MSDN, PropertyInfo Class
    ' http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/System.Reflection.PropertyInfo%28v=vs.110%29.aspx
    Public Shared Sub SetControlPropertyValue(name As String, control As System.Windows.Forms.Control, value As Object)
        Dim info As System.Reflection.PropertyInfo = control.GetType().GetProperty(name)
        info.SetValue(control, value, Nothing)
    End Sub

Implementation

 

    ' Example 1
        ' Get and Set backcolor of the form
        Dim FormBackColor As Color = ReflectionUtility.GetControlPropertyValue("BackColor", Me)
        If FormBackColor = SystemColors.Control Then
            Dim formColor As Color = Color.FromArgb(0, 0, 0)
            ReflectionUtility.SetControlPropertyValue("BackColor", Me, formColor)
        End If

        ' Example 2
        ' Set form text
        ReflectionUtility.SetControlPropertyValue("Text", Me, "PropertyInfo Class Test")


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