John,

Check out my reply to Pete about a similar issue (Message #1250462). I use Reflection slightly differently (I don't use the Activator.CreateInstance method) to load a class from an assembly and it's been working great.

~~Bonnie



>Hi,
>I created a form in a class library project (DLL). I reference it from an EXE. However, .NET couldn't find my form if I use Actovator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType("MyNameSpace.myForm")). It works if I use new statement.
>
>When I debug, I found that, this exe doesn't load my DLL at all.
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>The strange thing is, I can load this form and dll using another EXE project. What could cause this?
>
>Thank you