Re: Activator.CreateInstanceFrom

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From: Wayne (MeNotYou_at_community.nospam)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:14:14 -0500

Thank you, that worked perfectly (once I figured out where to get the public
token).

BTW, the System.Windows.Forms.Button was just an example, I plan on using
this with my own assemblies. Also since it was already in the gac I figured
it simpler to test with instead of having to first create the assembly
strong name it and then put it in the GAC.

"NuTcAsE" <rao.ritesh@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1107872991.184207.294840@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> First of, if you wanted to create a System.Windows.Forms.Button
> instance you just new it up like:
>
> System.Windows.Forms.Button btn = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
>
> Soecondly, Activator.CreateXXXX is used for late binding calls. One way
> you can create instances from GAC assemblies is to first load the
> assemly and then call create instance. For ex:
>
> Assembly assm = Assembly.Load ("MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0,
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=[something]");
> MyType type = (MyType) assm.CreateInstance ("MyAssembly.MyType");
>
> That will automatically probe the GAC to check for the MyAssembly
> assembly.
>
> You could also use Activator.CreateInstance function and specify the
> assembly and type name. For GAC assemblies i dont think
> CreateInstanceFrom will work.
>
> NuTcAsE
>

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