When it's in a different assembly, I believe you'll need to specify it
with a comma, space, then the assembly name like the following:
Type.GetType("MyNamespace.MyClassName, MyAssembly")
I'm not 100% sure, but I think that will work.
On Apr 27, 7:50 am, jtaylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> That seems to be what I need, but I'm having issues with the
> Type.GetType. It works fine if the Type is defined within my project
> but not if it is contained in a DLL reference. When specifying a Type
> out of a DLL, the Type.GetType returns a null. The reference itself
> is working, since I can hard-code the Dim statement. My best guess is
> that I'm not specifying the parameter properly on the Type.GetType,
> but I can't seem to figure it out.
>
> On Apr 18, 12:59 am, Joe Enos <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > You'll need to do a little more than just "Double", but I think what
> > you're looking for is Activator.CreateInstance. It accepts a full
> > type name, or a Type variable, and instantiates an object of that
> > type.
>
> > You can convert a fully qualified type name to a type of Type by using
> > the Type.GetType method.
>
> > On Apr 17, 1:11 pm, jtaylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I don't think it's possible, but is there any way to use a variable as
> > > a type in a Dim statement?
>
> > > For example:
>
> > > Dim Field1 as String = "Double"
> > > Dim Field2 as Field1
