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Zhyke
Zhyke

Reputation: 447

How to add Custom Control in a form dynamically

I have a program wherein I am adding controls dynamically. Control type is based on a value in database. For example if the value in Database is Label then the program creates the control dynamically.

Creating controls dynamically is working great. I am using below function:

Type typeFrm = typeof(Form);
Assembly assb = typeFrm.Assembly;
Type controlType = assb.GetType("System.Windows.Forms." + strType);
object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(controlType);
Control control = (Control)obj;
return control;

then Control ctrl = CreateControl(strCtrlType);

Other code is to setup the control location, width, height etc ect.

My question is I have a custom control and how will add it to the form dynamically? I tried the function above and change the line:

Type controlType = assb.GetType("System.Windows.Forms." + strType);

to

Type controlType = assb.GetType("CustomCtrl." + strType);

But its not working. The function always return null.

See sample custom control code.

namespace CustomCtrl
{
public class CButton : Button
 {        
    public CButton() : base()
    {

    }
 }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 206

Answers (2)

CodingYoshi
CodingYoshi

Reputation: 26989

Here is how to get the type from an assembly. Imagine you have a class with full name (class name + namespace) SomeNamespace.SomeClass within a dll named Some.dll:

Type type = Type.GetType("SomeNamespace.SomeClass, 
    Some"); // without .dll

So in your case it will be:

Type type = Type.GetType("CustomCtrl.CButton, 
    DllWhereCButtonIs"); // without .dll

Upvotes: 3

I A Khan
I A Khan

Reputation: 8841

Type.GetType("namespace.Type") only works when the type is present in mscorlib.dll or the currently executing assembly.If not of those things is true, you should use system.type.assemblyqualifiedname

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.type.assemblyqualifiedname.aspx

Upvotes: 1

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