GetType not working?

[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.

[Shakir Hussain]

Darren

try this.

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

myType wont be null..
Shak.
"Darren Clark" <dc******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

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.

[MyNews]

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
"Darren Clark" <dc******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

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.

[Marcin Grzêbski]

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

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.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Darren Clark <dc******@hotmail.com> wrote:

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);

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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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

MyNews <jo**************@thomson.com> wrote:

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

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

No, the method being talked about here is the static method
Type.GetType(string).

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