Visual Basic, Opening a file, what is wrong with my code?

Question

Hi all,

The 'reader' within the if statement is showing "Expression is not a method", what am I doing wrong?

Thanks

 Dim reader As New CSVReader

        OpenFileDialog2.Filter = "CSV File (*.csv)|*.csv"
        OpenFileDialog2.RestoreDirectory = True
        If OpenFileDialog2.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then

            reader(OpenFileDialog2.FileName)
            reader.DisplayResults(DataGridView1)
            'Return OpenFileDialog2.FileName
        Else
        End If

I simply moved the Dim and it worked.

OpenFileDialog2.InitialDirectory = "a:"
OpenFileDialog2.Filter = "CSV File (*.csv)|*.csv"
OpenFileDialog2.RestoreDirectory = True
If OpenFileDialog2.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
    Dim reader As New CSVReader(OpenFileDialog2.FileName)
    reader.DisplayResults(DataGridView1)
    'Return OpenFileDialog2.FileName
Else
End If

Thanks

Answer 1

You missed out the method name in reader(OpenFileDialog2.FileName).

Answer 2

On this line:

reader(OpenFileDialog2.FileName)

You're trying to call a constructor on an object that is already constructed. That's not possible, so the VB compiler is interpreting this as you trying to call the reader object as if it were a function.

Just don't declare the reader until you have the filename, so that you can pass the name to the constructor when you actually construct it, like so

    OpenFileDialog2.Filter = "CSV File (*.csv)|*.csv"
    OpenFileDialog2.RestoreDirectory = True
    If OpenFileDialog2.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then

        Dim reader As New CSVReader(OpenFileDialog2.FileName)
        reader.DisplayResults(DataGridView1)
        'Return OpenFileDialog2.FileName
    Else
    End If