Create an instance of an object from a string

[Athley]

Hi there all!

I have a question:

Is it possible to create an instance of an object if you have the name of the object in a string value?

In VB6 you could use the CreateObject Method like this for example:

Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Apllication")

or something similiar I think. I have seen that the CreateObject function is still there, but didnt get lucky trying it out. CreateObject("Form1") for example, did not do the job.

I have a way around this problem, but this would sure save me a couple of pages of code.

Thanks!
/Leyan

[Lethal]

You should be able to using Reflection. Check out the System.Reflection namespace. I'm not on my home computer, so I can't dig up an example right now.

[Athley]

It sure worked with reflection.....

Dim ty As Type = Type.GetType("Test.Form2")
Dim o As Object = Activator.CreateInstance(ty)
Dim mi As MethodInfo = ty.GetMethod("Show")
Dim params(mi.GetParameters.Length - 1) As Object
mi.Invoke(o, params)

You're a hat full of flowers.

Thanks alot

/Leyan