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TwoToTango · 02-12-2004, 09:05 AM

Anybody know a way to instantiate a
class in vb.net given the class name as
a string?

For example:

objectIWant = "FoobarClass"
Dim fb as New magicGoesHere(objectIWant)

I've been scratching through MSDN all morning
without turning up anything.

Thanks in advance.

twister002 · 02-12-2004, 10:24 PM

You want to create an object factory, then you can get back objects specified as an argument.

http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/PatternAbstract.aspx

Maxim Karpov runs a web log about design pattersn, his latest post deals with VB developers and patterns.

http://www.ipattern.com/simpleblog/

02-12-2004, 09:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
TwoToTango Psycho	vb.net class constructor question Anybody know a way to instantiate a class in vb.net given the class name as a string? For example: objectIWant = "FoobarClass" Dim fb as New magicGoesHere(objectIWant) I've been scratching through MSDN all morning without turning up anything. Thanks in advance. Last edited by TwoToTango; 02-12-2004 at 10:22 AM..

02-12-2004, 10:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
twister002 Crazy	You want to create an object factory, then you can get back objects specified as an argument. http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/PatternAbstract.aspx Maxim Karpov runs a web log about design pattersn, his latest post deals with VB developers and patterns. http://www.ipattern.com/simpleblog/