Is it possible to access an object's properties multiple times without repeating the object name?

Question

Is it possible to access an object's properties multiple times without repeatedly typing the object name? For example:

Using myObject {
    .Name = "name";
    .Colour = "red";
    .Age = "99";
}

Rather than having to type out something like:

myObject.Name = "name";
myObject.Colour = "red";
myObject.Age = "99";

No, there's no shorthand syntax for this. VB.NET has it, but not C#. — p.s.w.g, Jun 11 '14 at 18:53
Only during assignment: `new Foo { Prop1 = "a", Prop2 = "b", ... }` — Brad Christie, Jun 11 '14 at 18:54
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/csharpfaq/archive/2004/03/11/why-doesn-t-c-have-vb-net-s-with-operator.aspx — Mike Perrenoud, Jun 11 '14 at 18:54

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '14 at 18:54

Nope. VB.Net has a way, but not C#

EDIT:

It's worth pointing out, that there is an initialization shorthand that is somewhat similar

var object = new SomeObject {
    Property1 = "string",
    Property2 = 0,
    Property3 = true
}

This works only for initializations. Once an object is initialized, there's no shorthand to access properties.

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