I'm certainly no relection expert, but the docs say that Type.GetType performs a *case sensitive* search. If your typing in the VB editor is no better than in your e-mail editor, that may be the source of your problem.
-----Original Message----- From: The DOTNET list will be retired 7/1/02 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of george antony Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 8:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Urgent pls -finding the assembly name from namespace hi The Source code u have sent is not working. its giving an error system.nullreference exception. I am trying like this dim mytype as type= type.gettype("System.Componentmodel.Component") dim x as system.refelction.assembly x=system.refelction.assembly.getassembly(mytype) here mytype is becoming nothing.. and i am getting null reference exception. pls help on this.. this is quite urgent for me!! regards george You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.