problem to get a type for a class defined in ClassLibrary

[fabianus]

I created a ClassLibrary. But when I want to get the type of a class defined in that ClassLibrary it is = nothing. When I do the same inside of the ClassLibrary it gives me the type correctly :

Dim myType as Type
myType = Type.GetType("Library.Localisation.Country")

(My ClassLibrary is called "Library" and the Class Country is in the namespace "Localisation").


Thank you very much for any help about this !

Regardes,
Fabian

[kleinma]

what happens if you do
Dim x as New Library.Localisation.Country
messagebox x.gettype.tostring

[fabianus]

Hallo kleinma,

thank you for your help!
What you propose works fine.
The thing is that I would always have to create an instance of a class to use the type. It would be much nicer to just access the type without creating an instance. Why this is possible in the way I have shown in the classLibrary and not outside? Is there any other way to go without creating an instance first?

Anyway - thank you very much for your help!

Regards,
Fabian

[kleinma]

you could create a shared function in your class that returns the type, then you would be able to get the type without creating an instance.

[fabianus]

ok!
Thank you for your advices.

Regards,
Fabian