Newbie-question opening forms

[frankd]

Hi

I'm a total newbie at vb.net, so don't shoot me for a stupid question :-)

We have a table that we use to create a menubar.
in that table, we place the caption of the menu-item, the action (for example, openform)
and a parameter (for example the form that needs to be opened)
(we use this structure a lot in older access and vb6-applications)


The problem in .net is : we can't seem to get hold of the forms !
so the thing is : I read the table, get a formname that i need to open, but i can't open it :-)
(and we don' want to hardcode the formnames)

I could open all the forms at startup and unhide them when i need them?
anyone any idea?

thanks in advance
greetz
Frank

[carl_mathews200]

Edit: sorry, i just tested that and it wont work,

[frankd]

i think i found the solution :-)


Dim myType As Type = Type.GetType("WindowsApplication1.Form1")
Dim myForm As Object = System.Activator.CreateInstance(myType)
myType.GetMethod("Show").Invoke(myForm, Nothing)


thx