System.Type.Type()

[Robert Towne]

What happens if I pass the assembly-qualified name of some type to
"System.Type.GetType()" where the name I pass originates from another
machine. For instance, for a standard button control, what if I invoke:

Type.GetType("System.Windows.Forms.Button, System.Windows.Forms,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089")

on machine B where the name originated from machine A. Will this always work
so long as .NET 2.0 is the minimum required version on machine B (as seen
above)? I'm not sure if the PublicKeyToken seen above factors in at all
(will it always be the same regardless of the version of .NET?). Thanks for
your help.

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

IMO it should work.

Why you need to especify the PublicKeyToken anyway?

 

[Robert Towne]

IMO it should work.

Why you need to especify the PublicKeyToken anyway?

Thanks for the feedback. I'm reading it from a native .NET resource file
where it applies the fully-qualified type name. Anyway, thanks again.