Hi:

I have a variable, RptName.
I've got a slew of classes that represent reports, such as:
RptCAMainSum
RptTPEMainSum
etc.

If the value of RptName = "RptCAMainSum" then I want the class:
RptCAMainSum
If the value of RptName = "RptTPEMainSum" the I want the class:
RptTPEMainSum

Of course I could use a long if() else if() block but if I can, I'd rather find a way to call the class from the value of the var.

Something like:
    IReport oReport = Class(RptName);

In Javascript I could say:
     var oReport = eval(RptName);
     this would return the object named whatever the value of RptName is.

I hope that makes sense.
Is there any way to do this?

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This calls for Reflection. You can dynamically load types by name using the methods on classes found in System.Reflection.

-Peter

Thanks Peter, I'll give it a try.