>>>>TBH I used C# to write this and used a converter to get the VB version. IIRC the usual reason to use square brackets around a string in VB is to avoid confusing the compiler when the text itself if a VB.NET keyword but I don't think it is actually neccessary in this context.....
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>>I think Gregory actually gave the right answer.
>>GetType([Object]) works OK but is identical to just GetType(Object)
>>You were probably thinking of the static Type.GetType("System.Object") which would also work.
>>The square bracket usage is normally for things like:
>>Dim [integer] As Integer
>>Without the [] it will refuse to compile since 'integer' is a keyword (same sort of usage occurs in T-SQL ?)
>>Not good practice of course......
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>The brackets puzzled me for a while

Like using "int @int;" in C#. Ughh...