George, A quick workaround to your problem might be to use the VB GetType function in place of the Type.GetType method. i.e.,
Dim t As Type = GetType(System.ComponentModel.Component) -----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 9:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Urgent pls -finding the assembly name from namespace hi this is my code Dim mytype As Type mytype = Type.GetType("System.ComponentModel.Component") MsgBox(mytype) i am getting nothing in the msgbox pls help on this. its very urgent for me now regards gan You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.