does not return the Form name using C#.net

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//formname contains the value ("EditFrom")
//but the following returnFromName shows null

returnFromName=(FormClas)Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().CreateInstance(formname);

Posted 1-Sep-11 7:13am

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Simon Bang Terkildsen · Answer 1 · 2011-09-01T07:19:00

Solution 1

You need to pass the full name.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dex1ss7c.aspx[^]

The full name would be My.Namespaces.MyForm

Posted 1-Sep-11 7:19am

Simon Bang Terkildsen

Sander Rossel · Answer 2 · 2011-09-01T07:49:00

It seems to me that you have the type of the Form at designtime. You could use other methods to create your Form using reflection, like Activator.GetInstance(Of frmMyForm)[^].
Also note that the best way to instantiate a Form is by simply calling the constructor.
Like so:

C#

frmMyForm frm = New frmMyForm();
frm.Show();