Calling methods by its name (as string)

[DerkJ]

You can do this with a dictionary and delegates.

Your dictionary key would be the method name, the value would be the delegate (AddressOf Methodname).

A delegate is a pre-defined method signature (parameters and/or return value).
You can then invoke this method delegate

it’s an advanced way of doing this but most likely the only one.

https://documentation.xojo.com/api/language/delegate.html#delegate

read more here:

Call a method with a "variable" name

A simple example… I hope this is clear. I set up the report like this the first time. I use a dictionary for the parameters since each report/method needs different things. Dim myDict As New Dictionary myDict.Value("Method") = AddressOf myModule.Rpt123 myDict.Value("sql") = "SELECT a, b, c ..." myDict.Value("other") = "foobar" Call myModule.myMethod(myDict) So far no problem. The dictionary has been passed through to the window displaying the report. Later when I want to refresh the report…