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The document is a Stack Overflow post that discusses how to open a Windows form by its string name in C#. It provides multiple answers on how to do this using reflection to dynamically create an instance of the form type using its name. The top answer suggests using Activator.CreateInstance to create the form instance from the type, retrieved using Type.GetType from the full name including namespace. It then casts it to a Form and calls ShowDialog() to display it.

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C# - How To Open Form by String Name - Stack Overflow

The document is a Stack Overflow post that discusses how to open a Windows form by its string name in C#. It provides multiple answers on how to do this using reflection to dynamically create an instance of the form type using its name. The top answer suggests using Activator.CreateInstance to create the form instance from the type, retrieved using Type.GetType from the full name including namespace. It then casts it to a Form and calls ShowDialog() to display it.

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30/12/2022 15:48 c# - How to open form by string name?

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How to open form by string name?


Asked 6 years, 7 months ago Modified 3 years, 6 months ago Viewed 7k times

If i get string value from textbox and my Form name is same string value from textbox. How to
open this form ?
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string formAAA = textbox.text; // "AAA"

I need to open form 'AAA';

c# winforms

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string formtocall = "blabla";

7 var form = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType("namespace." + formtocall))


as Form;

form.ShowDialog();

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Hüseyin Burak Karadag
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2 If you think this answered your question then please mark it as the answer to help others find the
correct answer quickly and also give Hüseyin the credits. – MrApnea May 30, 2016 at 13:51

You need to use reflection.

0 Opening a form is creating an instance of it, you need to create the instance and show it.

You are going to need the name of the form and its namespace.

string formName= textbox.Text;


string namespaceName = "MyNamespace.MyInternalNamespace";
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Then you create your instance with activator.

var frm= Activator.CreateInstance(namespaceName, formName) as Form;

And then you just need to show the form

frm.show();

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Aimnox
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Use below:

0 private Type[] GetTypesInNamespace(Assembly assembly, string nameSpace)


{
return assembly.GetTypes().Where(t => String.Equals(t.Namespace,
nameSpace, StringComparison.Ordinal)).ToArray();
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)


{
//Get all types
Type[] typelist =
GetTypesInNamespace(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(), "loopClasses");
for (int i = 0; i < typelist.Length; i++)
{//Loop on them
if (typelist[i].BaseType == typeof(System.Windows.Forms.Form)
&& typelist[i].Name == textbox.text)
{//if windows form and the name is match

//Create Instance and show it


Form tmp =(Form) Activator.CreateInstance(typelist[i]);
//MessageBox.Show(typelist[i].Name);
tmp.Show();
}
}

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Sufyan Jabr
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You can also use this:

0 Form GetFormByName(string name)


{
System.Reflection.Assembly myAssembly
=System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
foreach
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"System.Windows.Forms.Form")
{
if (type.FullName == name)
{
var form = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(name)) as
Form;
return form;
}
}
}
return null;

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