I need to access a specific property inside a COM object (the iTunes COM Library). You can access this property with the dynamic view of the Visual Studio debugger.
I tried to get this property using Reflection but I don't get any private properties or fields back.
I can access all the Properties that I also see in the debugger using this line:
new Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.DynamicMetaObjectProviderDebugView(myObject).Items
However, I would rather not use this call because I believe an easier solution exists.
If you have iTunes installed this would be a simple example of what I'm trying to achieve:
iTunesAppClass app;
if (Process.GetProcessesByName("iTunes").Any())
{
app = new iTunesAppClass();
}
else
{
return;
}
foreach (IITPlaylist playlist in app.LibrarySource.Playlists)
{
// This does not work. There is no "Parent".
//var parent = playlist.Parent;
Type playListType = playlist.GetType();
// both contain 0 results
var fields = playListType.GetFields(BindingFlags.NonPublic);
var properties = playListType.GetFields(BindingFlags.NonPublic);
// works but only during runtime
//var parent2 = new Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.DynamicMetaObjectProviderDebugView(playlist).Items[4];
}