Re: I can't extract string data from a type object

From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] (skeet_at_pobox.com)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:57:45 +0100

Chris <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I am calling a COM object that returns a type Object and
> it contains two strings but I can't get them out. Here is
> the command:
>
> object ParamNameObj= localxPCCOMOBJ.xPCTarget.GetParamName
> (1);
>
> ParamNameObj shows up as a System.Array in the watch window
> with the following elements.
> -[0] datastr1 as string
> -[1] datastr2 as string
>
> But I can't get the data. I've tried .ToString object
> method and it gives me "System.Array" I've tried to
> reference the object as an array but it tells me that the
> object is variable and not a method.

Could you show *how* you've tried to use it as an array? 

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