C#.NET - Type.GetType(“System.Windows.Forms.Form”) returns null

Question

I have a snippet of code in my application (which references System.Windows.Forms) which attempts to resolve type information for a Form class like so:

Answer 1

You need to use assembly-qualified name of the type

Type tForm = Type.GetType("System.Windows.Forms.Form, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089");