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Activator.CreateInstance question

Hello

Is it possible to call Activator.CreateInstance if the type is not compiled into an assembly. For instance if I drop a DLL into the same folder where executable is running, will the executable be able to create a type that is defined in this DLL

If not, what is the way to do this

-thanks
Jul 21 '05 #1
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Yes, but you need to load the assembly into the app domain first. Or, use
the overload of CreateInstance that supports doing this in one swoop.
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Hello-

Is it possible to call Activator.CreateInstance if the type is not compiled into an assembly. For instance if I drop a DLL into the same folder
where executable is running, will the executable be able to create a type
that is defined in this DLL?
If not, what is the way to do this?

-thanks

Jul 21 '05 #2

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