Dynamic instantiation of a class

[Daniel Klein]

I'm looking for the VB.NET equivalent of the following java code:

toyName = "Barbie";
Class c = Class.forName(toyName);
Toy myToy = (Toy) c.newInstance();

A Google search has proved fruitless so far. I'm currently checking
out MSDN but it's a loooong, slooooow, process.

Thanks,
Daniel Klein

[CJ Taylor]

Activator.CreateInstance

"Daniel Klein" <da*****@aracnet.com> wrote in message
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I'm looking for the VB.NET equivalent of the following java code:

toyName = "Barbie";
Class c = Class.forName(toyName);
Toy myToy = (Toy) c.newInstance();

A Google search has proved fruitless so far. I'm currently checking
out MSDN but it's a loooong, slooooow, process.

Thanks,
Daniel Klein

[Tom Spink]

Hi Daniel, You should be looking at the Activator.CreateInstance method, in
System.Reflection.

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"Daniel Klein" <da*****@aracnet.com> wrote in message
news:9r********************************@4ax.com...

I'm looking for the VB.NET equivalent of the following java code:

toyName = "Barbie";
Class c = Class.forName(toyName);
Toy myToy = (Toy) c.newInstance();

A Google search has proved fruitless so far. I'm currently checking
out MSDN but it's a loooong, slooooow, process.

Thanks,
Daniel Klein

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* Daniel Klein <da*****@aracnet.com> scripsit:

I'm looking for the VB.NET equivalent of the following java code:

toyName = "Barbie";
Class c = Class.forName(toyName);
Toy myToy = (Toy) c.newInstance();

'Activator.CreateInstance':

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