Get an objects value as a string

From: "Ray Cassick \(Home\)" <rcassickNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:24:26 -0400

I am looking for a generic way to see if an object supports the ToString
method, then invoke that method to return the results of that generic
objects ToString method.

I have a generic exception class and one of the arguments I pass in is a
generic object type.

In this exception class I would like to be able to provide a ToString method
where this value is shown, but the exception class cannot know anything
about the object that is getting passed in. I want to keep it as generic as
possible that way.

I have been poking around with InvokeMember and just can't seem to get it
right.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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