Type.GetType

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Paul - 18 Sep 2006 21:52 GMT

Does anyone know why this line of code returns null and not an instance of
Type?

Type.GetType("System.Drawing.PointF")

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Jon Shemitz - 18 Sep 2006 22:06 GMT

> Does anyone know why this line of code returns null and not an instance of
> Type?
>
> Type.GetType("System.Drawing.PointF")

Given a qualified name without any assembly information, Type.GetType
will only return a Type for types in the current assembly or in
mscorlib. Given the name of a type in any other assembly, Type.GetType
will return null.

System.Drawing.PointF is in system.drawing.dll.

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