VBN2002 - Programmatically creating a form using a string value as name

6 Apr 2005 7:44 PM

Michael Creager

I am using VB NET 2002. How can I programmatically create a new windows
form using the value of a string variable as the name of the new form?

Public FrmName As String = "MDIChildFrm1"
Public %FrmName% as new Form

Does not work.
I cannot find any information on this anywhere. Please help! Thank You.

6 Apr 2005 7:59 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Michael Creager" <mdcrea***@adelphia.net> schrieb:
>I am using VB NET 2002. How can I programmatically create a new windows
> form using the value of a string variable as the name of the new form?
>
> Public FrmName As String = "MDIChildFrm1"
> Public %FrmName% as new Form

You cannot change a variable's name at runtime.

If the type of the form is variable, take a look at the code below:

\\\
Imports System.Reflection
..
..
..
Dim frm As Form = _
    DirectCast( _
        Activator.CreateInstance( _
            Type.GetType("MyApplication.SampleForm") _
        ), _
        Form _
    )
frm.Show()
///

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7 Apr 2005 12:21 AM

Dennis

If you want a new form and name it something then;

dim frm as new Form
Form.Name = "nameofyournewform"

If you want to load an existing form using it's name, then do what Herfried
posted.

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"Michael Creager" wrote:

> I am using VB NET 2002. How can I programmatically create a new windows
> form using the value of a string variable as the name of the new form?
>
> Public FrmName As String = "MDIChildFrm1"
> Public %FrmName% as new Form
>
> Does not work.
> I cannot find any information on this anywhere. Please help! Thank You.
>
>
>
>