specifying an assembly for createInstance

[D Yee]

HI all,

So the CF does not support Activator.CreateInstance where you can specify an
assembly. How are you supposed to create an instance that's not in your
assembly?

 

[Alex Feinman [MVP]]

Two ways.
1) Use Assembly.LoadFrom (path) to load the assembly, then Assembly.GetType
to get an instance of type
2) If the assembly is in GAC or already loaded, use
Type.GetType("<typename>, <assemblyname>")

Type tRect = Type.GetType("System.Drawing.Rectangle, System.Drawing");