Thanks to all for the guidance to the deployment of WinForms. However, I am
still having an issue with getting the type of the form in my .NET dll.
When I run the code in Sub GetApp(), I get the following error, because the
gettype of the formAsm returns nothing. However if I set a reference to the
dll and run against that, the app comes up fine. Any ideas what I am doing
wrong?
Joe
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AppLoader Error
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System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: type
at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) at
System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) at
AppLoader.frmAppLoad.GetApp() in C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator.MARXBROS\My Documents\Visual Studio
Projects\AppLoader\Form1.vb:line 72
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Sub GetApp()
Try
Dim sLocation As String
sLocation = "http://localhost/Apps/ProofOfConcept.dll";
Dim formAsm As Reflection.Assembly =
Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(sLocation)
Dim FormType As Type =
formAsm.GetType("ProofOfConcept.frmRunMe")
70
71 Dim formobj As Object
72 formobj = Activator.CreateInstance(FormType)
Dim form2 As Form = CType(formobj, Form)
form2.Show()
Catch exc As Exception
MsgBox(exc.ToString)
End Try
End Sub
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