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Use the fully qualified name. Something like:<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp;System.data, version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c56193<wbr />4e089<br />
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<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k8xx4k69.aspx" rel="ugc nofollow">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k8xx4k69.aspx</a><br />

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Use the fully qualified name. Something like:

   System.data, version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k8xx4k69.aspx [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k8xx4k69.aspx]


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i did that but now i am getting:<br />
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Type adapterType = Type.GetType(&quot;SRT.HeartBea<wbr />t.EAI.Adap<wbr />ter.FtpsAd<wbr />apter, Version=3.1.655.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=2d302914a71<wbr />c7ad5&quot;);<br />
&nbsp;[System.IO.FileLoadExcepti<wbr />on] = {&quot;The given assembly name or codebase was invalid. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131047)&quot;:null} <br />

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i did that but now i am getting:
 
Type adapterType = Type.GetType("SRT.HeartBeat.EAI.Adapter.FtpsAdapter, Version=3.1.655.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=2d302914a71c7ad5");
 [System.IO.FileLoadException] = {"The given assembly name or codebase was invalid. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131047)":null}


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i notice that if i have a class that i created within my current assembly, Type.GetType works. &nbsp;But if it's a class located in an assembly that i am referencing, then i keep getting a null. &nbsp;can someone tell me why this is the case and if there is any alternative to invoking an object:<br />
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myType = Type.GetType(&quot;TypeName&quot;);<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; IMyType myObj = Activator.CreateInstance(m<wbr />yType) as IMyType;
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i notice that if i have a class that i created within my current assembly, Type.GetType works.  But if it's a class located in an assembly that i am referencing, then i keep getting a null.  can someone tell me why this is the case and if there is any alternative to invoking an object:

myType = Type.GetType("TypeName");
                IMyType myObj = Activator.CreateInstance(myType) as IMyType;

Type.GetType returns null

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