Converting string to the object it represent

The simplest way of doing this should be as follows 
 
using System.Reflection; 
 
 
private Control myControl createNewControl(string controlToCreate) 
{ 
 
try 
{ 
// create a new control 
Control myControl = new Control(); 
 
 
//Define the type of the control you want to create an instance of using reflection. 
 
Type typeofControl = Type.GetType(controlToCreate,true); 
 
myControl = (Control)(Activator.CreateInstance(typeofControl)); 
} 
catch 
{ 
//Set the control to null 
myControl = null; 
} 
 
return myControl; 
} 
 
 
 
//This would the be called using the following code 
Control myControl = new Control(); 
myControl = createNewPanel ("MyProject.Classes.MyClass"); 

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