Can I create windows form by using late binding?

[Steven]

Hi,

I have a database table field to store the form name, I want to create the
particular windows form by using the value that read from that DB field. For
examples, the table field has a value "ThisForm", then I want to create the
form with class name "ThisForm" (Suppose I have already defined the class
"ThisForm"). Can I do this by using late bindnig? Any source code for
reference? Thanks!

Steven.

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Steven,

You have a form and you want to give it from the database the name from this
field. And then?

This sounds for me as

me = dr("ThisForm")

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/system.windows.forms.control.name.aspx

Not that it does something or is usable in your program, however that is it.

Cor

 

[Steven]

oh, sorry. My problem is to create an instance of the form but not just
change the name of the form.

For examples, I defined 3 windows form in my VB code which have name
"Form1", "Form2" and "Form3". Which form I need to display in screen is
depended on the field in the database table. Can I do this by using late
binding? Coz I don't know which form I need to create before doing the
database query.

 

[CMM]

Activator.CreateInstance(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetType("name"))

Note:
1) "Assembly" is in the System.Reflection namespace.
2) "name" must to be qualified with the namespace of your application (by
default, in VB, it's the same as your project name): "MyAppName.Form1"

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I have a database table field to store the form name, I want to create the
particular windows form by using the value that read from that DB field.
For examples, the table field has a value "ThisForm", then I want to
create the form with class name "ThisForm" (Suppose I have already defined
the class "ThisForm").

<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/code/techniques/#ClassByName>