Question

Consider the code,

Type t0 = Type.GetType('System.Drawing.dll'); Type t1 = Type.GetType('System.Drawing.Font'); 

Here in order to find type of ‘System.Drawing.Font’ the assembly ‘System.Drawing.dll’ is needed. how to use it.?

i.e wat if i do, so that value of t0 wont be null.??

Consider i ave a dll, proj.dll and i need to find the type of the class Class1 that is present in the dll.

Answer 1

Specify the assembly, including the version number for strongly named assemblies:

Type t = Type.GetType('System.Drawing.Font,System.Drawing,'+                       ' Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, '+                       'PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'); 

Of course, if it’s really just System.Drawing.Font (or another type you know at compile-time), use typeof:

Type t = typeof(System.Drawing.Font); 

If you know another type in the same assembly at compile-time, you can use Assembly.GetType:

Type sizeType = typeof(System.Drawing.Size); Assembly assembly = sizeType.Assembly; Type fontType = assembly.GetType('System.Drawing.Font');