Dim t As Type = Type.GetType("Myproject.Form1") Dim myform As Form myform = CType(System.Activator.CreateInstance(t), System.Windows.Forms.Form) System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(myform)As far as the referencing, you might have to do an Assembly.LoadFrom before you can use the type.
>dim x as object >set x = createobject("DllName.ClassName") >>