' Add Imports System.Linq.Expressions
' to the beginning of the file.
' The class derived from DynamicObject.
Public Class DynamicNumber
    Inherits DynamicObject

    ' The inner dictionary to store field names and values.
    Dim dictionary As New Dictionary(Of String, Object)

    ' Get the property value.
    Public Overrides Function TryGetMember(
        ByVal binder As System.Dynamic.GetMemberBinder,
        ByRef result As Object) As Boolean

        Return dictionary.TryGetValue(binder.Name, result)

    End Function

    ' Set the property value.
    Public Overrides Function TrySetMember(
        ByVal binder As System.Dynamic.SetMemberBinder,
        ByVal value As Object) As Boolean

        dictionary(binder.Name) = value
        Return True

    End Function

    Public Overrides Function TryConvert(ByVal binder As System.Dynamic.ConvertBinder, ByRef result As Object) As Boolean
        ' Converting to string. 
        If binder.Type = GetType(String) Then
            result = dictionary("Textual")
            Return True
        End If

        ' Converting to integer.
        If binder.Type = GetType(Integer) Then
            result = dictionary("Numeric")
            Return True
        End If
        ' In case of any other type, the binder 
        ' attempts to perform the conversion itself.
        ' In most cases, a run-time exception is thrown.
        Return MyBase.TryConvert(binder, result)
    End Function
End Class

Sub Main()
    ' Creating the first dynamic number.
    Dim number As Object = New DynamicNumber()

    ' Creating properties and setting their values
    ' for the dynamic number.
    ' The TrySetMember method is called.
    number.Textual = "One"
    number.Numeric = 1


    ' Explicit conversion to string.
    Dim testString = CTypeDynamic(Of String)(number)
    Console.WriteLine(testString)

    ' Explicit conversion to integer.
    Dim testInteger = CTypeDynamic(number, GetType(Integer))
    Console.WriteLine(testInteger)

    ' The following statement produces a run-time exception
    ' because the conversion to double is not implemented.
    ' Dim testDouble = CTypeDynamic(Of Double)(number)

End Sub