How can you cast to a type using the type name as a string?

Question

Ok, I\'ve thumped on this idea all day now, and I have reached the part where I admit I just flat out don\'t know. It\'s possible that what I\'m doing is just stupid and the

Answer 1

You'd be better off with the other overload that takes a Type and using e.g. Type.GetType(string).

FormWithWorker formToLoad = (FormWithWorker)fi.GetValue(this);
if (formToLoad == null)
{
    formToLoad =
      (FormWithWorker)System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType("MyNamespace.MyFormType"));
}