GetType not working?

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Darren Clark

I am having some troubles with loading up a type dynamically.

From what i have read

Type myType = Type.GetType("WB.DataAccess.FAQ");

is the exact same as

Type myType = typeof(WB.DataAccess.FAQ);


HOWEVER..... in practise it doesnt quite work..... using typeof always
works.... however using the GetType doesnt it will set
myType to be null or undefined.

What am i doing wrong? i need to load up a type from a string value.
 
Darren

try this.

Type myType = myAssembly.GetType("WB.DataAccess.FAQ");

myType wont be null..


Shak.
 
hi,

probably GetType() requires the run type expression of a type, can you try
something like

MyType t1 = new MyType();
Type t = t1.GetType();

rgds
Joyjit
 
Hi Darren,

I think that in your case myType is set to "null".
Probably, the reason is that this type is stored in
assembly that did not load.

Look at: Assembly.Load in .NET docs.

Regards

Marcin
 
MyNews said:
probably GetType() requires the run type expression of a type, can you try
something like

MyType t1 = new MyType();
Type t = t1.GetType();
Click to expand...

No, the method being talked about here is the static method
Type.GetType(string).
 
Darren Clark said:
I am having some troubles with loading up a type dynamically.

From what i have read

Type myType = Type.GetType("WB.DataAccess.FAQ");

is the exact same as

Type myType = typeof(WB.DataAccess.FAQ);
Click to expand...

No, it's not. Type.GetType(string) will, when given just the type name
and no assembly information, only look in mscorlib and the current
assembly. typeof actually uses completely different (and more
efficient) IL, I believe.

If you need to fetch a type from another assembly, either use
Assembly.GetType or call Type.GetType with the assembly name in the
string as well.
 
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