>I have this:
>
>

>Dim loAssembly As System.Reflection.Assembly = Nothing
>loAssembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(oApp.cHttpFat + "Bin\LevelExtreme.dll")
>loClass = loAssembly.GetType("LevelExtreme.ListClient")
>loList = Activator.CreateInstance(loClass, loParameter)
>

>
>But, I would surely like to avoid loading the dll in memory just to get access to the reference I am looking for.

I think you just need to provide the full assembly name. See the overloads for Type.GetType():
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.type.gettype(v=vs.110).aspx

Update. e.g: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3512319/resolve-type-from-class-name-in-a-different-assembly