This is an extension of a question I previously asked here.
Long story short, I dynamically load a DLL and make a type
out of it with the following code:
Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFile("C:\\test.dll");
Type type = assembly.GetType("test.dllTest");
Activator.CreateInstance(type);
From there I can use type
to reference virtually anything in the dllTest
class. The class by default when ran should bring up a form (in this case, fairly blank, so it's not complex).
I feel like I'm missing a key line of code here that's keeping the form from loading on the screen.
dllTest.cs
(within the DLL) consists of:
namespace test
{
public partial class dllTest : Form
{
public dllTest()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
}
}
InitializeComponent()
sets up the layout of the form, which is far too long to paste here and shouldn't make a difference.
Any ideas?
You have to do something with the form you've just created:
Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFile("C:\\test.dll");
Type type = assembly.GetType("test.dllTest");
Form form = (Form)Activator.CreateInstance(type);
form.ShowDialog(); // Or Application.Run(form)
Yes, you aren't actually specifying any code to run outside the class initializer. For instance, with forms you have to actually show them.
You could modify your code to the following...
Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFile("C:\\test.dll");
Type type = assembly.GetType("test.dllTest");
Form form = Activator.CreateInstance(type) as Form;
form.ShowDialog();
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