> Hi,
>
> I've want to launch an application by reflection and get his handle
> back.
>
> But when I run this code in C# then it's handled correctly.
> The application(-path) is started on a new thread and obj is the hwnd
> of the started application.
>
> private static BindingFlags allFlags = BindingFlags.Public |
> BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance;
>
> public static object StartAUT(string applicationPath, string typeName)
> {
>     try
>     {
>         Assembly asm = Assembly.LoadFrom(applicationPath);
>         Type typeUT = asm.GetType(typeName);
>         object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(typeUT);
>         MethodInfo mi = typeUT.GetMethod("Show", allFlags);
>         mi.Invoke(obj, null);
>         return obj;
>     }
>     catch{}
>     return null;
> }
>
> but when I launch this code in VB.NET than I received an
> AmbiguousMatchException execption.
>
>
> Private Shared allFlags As BindingFlags = BindingFlags.Public Or
> BindingFlags.NonPublic Or BindingFlags.Static Or BindingFlags.Instance
>
> Public Shared Function StartAUT(ByVal applicationPath As String, ByVal
> typeName As String) As Object
> Try
>     Dim asm As System.Reflection.Assembly =
> System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(applicationPath)
>     Dim typeUT As Type = asm.GetType(typeName)
>     Dim obj As Object = Activator.CreateInstance(typeUT)
>     Dim mi As MethodInfo = typeUT.GetMethod("Show", allFlags)
>     mi.Invoke(obj, Nothing)
>     Return obj
> Catch
> End Try
> Return Nothing
> End Function
>
>
> What do I wrong?
>
> Greetings,
> Davy

>You are catching any exception that might occur in the method and
>ignoring it. Start by at least throwing the exception again, so that you
>see it.
>
>De Roeck wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've want to launch an application by reflection and get his handle
>> back.
>>
>> But when I run this code in C# then it's handled correctly.
>> The application(-path) is started on a new thread and obj is the hwnd
>> of the started application.
>>
>> private static BindingFlags allFlags = BindingFlags.Public |
>> BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance;
>>
>> public static object StartAUT(string applicationPath, string typeName)
>> {
>>     try
>>     {
>>         Assembly asm = Assembly.LoadFrom(applicationPath);
>>         Type typeUT = asm.GetType(typeName);
>>         object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(typeUT);
>>         MethodInfo mi = typeUT.GetMethod("Show", allFlags);
>>         mi.Invoke(obj, null);
>>         return obj;
>>     }
>>     catch{}
>>     return null;
>> }
>>
>> but when I launch this code in VB.NET than I received an
>> AmbiguousMatchException execption.
>>
>>
>> Private Shared allFlags As BindingFlags = BindingFlags.Public Or
>> BindingFlags.NonPublic Or BindingFlags.Static Or BindingFlags.Instance
>>
>> Public Shared Function StartAUT(ByVal applicationPath As String, ByVal
>> typeName As String) As Object
>> Try
>>     Dim asm As System.Reflection.Assembly =
>> System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(applicationPath)
>>     Dim typeUT As Type = asm.GetType(typeName)
>>     Dim obj As Object = Activator.CreateInstance(typeUT)
>>     Dim mi As MethodInfo = typeUT.GetMethod("Show", allFlags)
>>     mi.Invoke(obj, Nothing)
>>     Return obj
>> Catch
>> End Try
>> Return Nothing
>> End Function
>>
>>
>> What do I wrong?
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Davy

> When I go through all the methods with .methods,
> then I found in VB-language two methods with that name,
> but only 1 in C# (and there should only one)
>
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:11:31 +0100, Göran Andersson <gu***@guffa.com>
> wrote:
>
>> You are catching any exception that might occur in the method and
>> ignoring it. Start by at least throwing the exception again, so that you
>> see it.
>>
>> De Roeck wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've want to launch an application by reflection and get his handle
>>> back.
>>>
>>> But when I run this code in C# then it's handled correctly.
>>> The application(-path) is started on a new thread and obj is the hwnd
>>> of the started application.
>>>
>>> private static BindingFlags allFlags = BindingFlags.Public |
>>> BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance;
>>>
>>> public static object StartAUT(string applicationPath, string typeName)
>>> {
>>>     try
>>>     {
>>>         Assembly asm = Assembly.LoadFrom(applicationPath);
>>>         Type typeUT = asm.GetType(typeName);
>>>         object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(typeUT);
>>>         MethodInfo mi = typeUT.GetMethod("Show", allFlags);
>>>         mi.Invoke(obj, null);
>>>         return obj;
>>>     }
>>>     catch{}
>>>     return null;
>>> }
>>>
>>> but when I launch this code in VB.NET than I received an
>>> AmbiguousMatchException execption.
>>>
>>>
>>> Private Shared allFlags As BindingFlags = BindingFlags.Public Or
>>> BindingFlags.NonPublic Or BindingFlags.Static Or BindingFlags.Instance
>>>
>>> Public Shared Function StartAUT(ByVal applicationPath As String, ByVal
>>> typeName As String) As Object
>>> Try
>>>     Dim asm As System.Reflection.Assembly =
>>> System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(applicationPath)
>>>     Dim typeUT As Type = asm.GetType(typeName)
>>>     Dim obj As Object = Activator.CreateInstance(typeUT)
>>>     Dim mi As MethodInfo = typeUT.GetMethod("Show", allFlags)
>>>     mi.Invoke(obj, Nothing)
>>>     Return obj
>>> Catch
>>> End Try
>>> Return Nothing
>>> End Function
>>>
>>>
>>> What do I wrong?
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Davy