How to create an object by class name using Reflection

1. When the class is defined in the same assembly, where your code is executed: 1 2 3 4 Dim _assemblyName As String = "MyAssembly" Dim _typeName As String = "MyNamespace.ExampleControl" Dim _type As Type = Assembly.Load(_assemblyName).GetType(_typeName, True) _control = Activator.CreateInstance(_type) Dim _assemblyName As String = “MyAssembly” Dim _typeName As String = “MyNamespace.ExampleControl” Dim _type […]
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How to dynamically generate SSRS Report

SSRS is a wonderful tool for quickly retrieving data and presenting it to the user in a format predefined at design-time. But what if there is a need to create a new report at run-time, based on some dynamic data structure or any specific user needs? Of course, for advanced business users Microsoft Report Builder […]
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How to handle Keyboard Focus Events globally in WPF

You will find quite a few cases when your application would need to handle the changing of keyboard focus globally at application level, not just on a single control element or even a form level. The simple adding listeners to all possible elements will not be an effective way and doesn’t guarantee you to have […]
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