Re: Specifying a class name at runtime

You could use reflection...

DataSet x = (DataSet)Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(className));
x.ReadXml(myXml);

Remember className should be a fully qualified type name.
HTH

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Efran Cobisi


Simon Cansick wrote:
> I'm working with strongly typed datasets and I'm not sure how to create
> the correct class at runtime based on
>
>
> Afternoon all,
>
> I've got a generic procedure where I want to specify the name of a Typed
> dataset class (when its instantiated) at runtime.
>
> The following code obviously won't work but it may give you an idea
> about what I want to do.
>
> String className = "FirstTypedDataSet";
> className GeneralUseDataSet = new className()
>
> GeneralUseDataSet.ReadXml(myXml);
>
>
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Simon James
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