Visual Basic TypeName function in AutoIt

[water]

Visual Basic has the TypeName function to return data-type information about a variable.

For a "simple" variable AutoIts "VarGetType" returns the same result.

But when TypeName returns the name of a reference type such as a class, VarGetType just returns "Object".

For example, if VarName points to an object of class System.Drawing.Printing.PaperSource, TypeName returns "PaperSource".

Is it possible to get "PaperSource" using an AutoIt function?

[JohnOne]

Could be way off the mark here, but it wont be the first time.

$oScriptingDictionary = ObjCreate('scripting.dictionary')
$VarGetType = VarGetType($oScriptingDictionary)
If IsObj($oScriptingDictionary) Then
$Name = ObjName($oScriptingDictionary,1)
MsgBox(0,0,$Name)
EndIf

[water]

Hi JohnOne,

right on the mark!

ObjName is exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks a bunch!

[initspawn]

Hi Water

I was hoping you could enlighten me on how were you able to create an object for "System.Drawing.Printing.PaperSource"? I cannot seem to figure it out. It doesnt seem like "System.Drawing.Printing" is COM visible.

[water]

I can't remember where I got the "System.Drawing.Printing.PaperSource" thing from. But as I was talking about Visual Basic in my first post it looks like I found it by Google.

I don't know which problem I needed to solve but I'm sure "System.Drawing.Printing.PaperSource" didn't help.

On this forum is only one similar - but there isn't a solution as well.

It looks like this class is only available for .Net applications.