Reflection

[Monin D]

I have a following structure

App_Code
MyClass.cs [Company.MyNameSpace.MyClass]
Bin
MyLib.dll [Company.MyLibNameSpace.LibraryClass]

From Company.MyLibNameSpace.LibraryClass I need to create an instance of Company.MyNameSpace.MyClass, but I don't know Class name until execution (it comes from XML configuration), so I use Reflection for it:

Type type = Type.GetType("Company.MyNameSpace.MyClass")

The problem is, that when I load a Type from DLL, it doesn't work (type == null), when I do the same from another .cs file in App_Code folder, everything works fine. Is there any work-around to this problem?

[Gamzun]

Are you sure you're loading it correctly?

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[Abhishek Sur]

As you dont have reference to Company.MyNameSpace.MyClass, you need to manually read the assembly using Reflection and then using Activator.CreateInstance you create the instance of the class. For instance : Assembly assem = Assembly.Load("\folder\MyLib.dll"); object thisObj = assem.CreateInstance("Company.MyNameSpace.MyClass"); For further reading use http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/samhaidar/LateBindingWithReflection09122005053810AM/LateBindingWithReflection.aspx[^]:rose:

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