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				</script>GetTypeFromString Method (Assembly, String, Boolean, Boolean)</td><td class="OH_tdRunningTitleColumn">Apache log4net™ SDK Documentation</td></tr></table><div id="mainSection"><div id="mainBody"><span class="introStyle"></span><div class="summary">
            Loads the type specified in the type string.
            </div><p></p><b>Namespace:</b> <a href="N_log4net_Util.htm" target="">log4net.Util</a><br /><b>Assembly:</b> <span sdata="assembly">log4net</span> (in log4net.dll) Version: 1.2.15.0 (1.2.15.0)<div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Syntax</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"></div><div id="snippetGroup_Syntax" class="code"><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainer"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabs" id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_tabs"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabLeftActive" id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_tabimgleft"></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_tab1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabActive" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECIDAAAAA','C#','1','4');return false;">C#</a></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_tab2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTab" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECIDAAAAA','Visual Basic','2','4');return false;">VB</a></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_tab3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTab" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECIDAAAAA','Visual C++','3','4');return false;">C++</a></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_tab4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabDisabledNotFirst" EnableCopyCode="true" disabled="true"><a>F#</a></div><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabRight" id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_tabimgright"></div></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_codecollection" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCodeCollection"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBar"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBarText"><a id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_ViewColorized" href="#" onclick="javascript:ExchangeTitleContent('ID0ECIDAAAAA','4')" title="View Colorized" style="display: none">View Colorized</a><a id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_copycode" href="#" onclick="javascript:CopyToClipboard('ID0ECIDAAAAA','4')" title="Copy to Clipboard">Copy to Clipboard</a><a id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_PrintText" class="OH_PrintText" href="#" onclick="javascript:Print('ID0ECIDAAAAA','4')" title="Print">Print</a></div></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_code_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: block"><pre><span class="keyword">public</span> <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">Type</span> <span class="identifier">GetTypeFromString</span>(
	<span class="identifier">Assembly</span> <span class="parameter">relativeAssembly</span>,
	<span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="parameter">typeName</span>,
	<span class="identifier">bool</span> <span class="parameter">throwOnError</span>,
	<span class="identifier">bool</span> <span class="parameter">ignoreCase</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>public static Type GetTypeFromString(
	Assembly relativeAssembly,
	string typeName,
	bool throwOnError,
	bool ignoreCase
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_code_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre><span class="keyword">Public</span> <span class="keyword">Shared</span> <span class="keyword">Function</span> <span class="identifier">GetTypeFromString</span> ( 
	<span class="parameter">relativeAssembly</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">Assembly</span>,
	<span class="parameter">typeName</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">String</span>,
	<span class="parameter">throwOnError</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">Boolean</span>,
	<span class="parameter">ignoreCase</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">Boolean</span>
) <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">Type</span></pre></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>Public Shared Function GetTypeFromString ( 
	relativeAssembly As Assembly,
	typeName As String,
	throwOnError As Boolean,
	ignoreCase As Boolean
) As Type</pre></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_code_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre><span class="keyword">public</span>:
<span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">Type</span>^ <span class="identifier">GetTypeFromString</span>(
	<span class="identifier">Assembly</span>^ <span class="parameter">relativeAssembly</span>, 
	<span class="identifier">String</span>^ <span class="parameter">typeName</span>, 
	<span class="identifier">bool</span> <span class="parameter">throwOnError</span>, 
	<span class="identifier">bool</span> <span class="parameter">ignoreCase</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>public:
static Type^ GetTypeFromString(
	Assembly^ relativeAssembly, 
	String^ typeName, 
	bool throwOnError, 
	bool ignoreCase
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_code_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div><div id="ID0ECIDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div></div></div><script>addSpecificTextLanguageTagSet('ID0ECIDAAAAA');</script></div><div id="parameters"><h4 class="subHeading">Parameters</h4><dl paramName="relativeAssembly"><dt><span class="parameter">relativeAssembly</span></dt><dd>Type: <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xbe1wdx9" target="_blank">System.Reflection<span id="ID0EBCADHDAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
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				</script>Assembly</a><br /><span>An assembly to load the type from.</span></dd></dl><dl paramName="typeName"><dt><span class="parameter">typeName</span></dt><dd>Type: <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">System<span id="ID0EBCACHDAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
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				</script>String</a><br /><span>The name of the type to load.</span></dd></dl><dl paramName="throwOnError"><dt><span class="parameter">throwOnError</span></dt><dd>Type: <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a28wyd50" target="_blank">System<span id="ID0EBCABHDAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
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				</script>Boolean</a><br /><span>Flag set to <span class="code">true</span> to throw an exception if the type cannot be loaded.</span></dd></dl><dl paramName="ignoreCase"><dt><span class="parameter">ignoreCase</span></dt><dd>Type: <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a28wyd50" target="_blank">System<span id="ID0EBCAAHDAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
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				</script>Boolean</a><br /><span><span class="code">true</span> to ignore the case of the type name; otherwise, <span class="code">false</span></span></dd></dl></div><h4 class="subHeading">Return Value</h4>Type: <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/42892f65" target="_blank">Type</a><br />The type loaded or <span class="code">null</span> if it could not be loaded.<div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Remarks</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"></div><p>
            If the type name is fully qualified, i.e. if contains an assembly name in 
            the type name, the type will be loaded from the system using 
            <span class="nolink">GetType(string, bool)</span>.
            </p><p>
            If the type name is not fully qualified it will be loaded from the specified
            assembly. If the type is not found in the assembly then all the loaded assemblies 
            will be searched for the type.
            </p><a name="seeAlsoSection"><!----></a><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">See Also</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="T_log4net_Util_SystemInfo.htm" target="">SystemInfo Class</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="AllMembers_T_log4net_Util_SystemInfo.htm" target="">SystemInfo Members</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="Overload_log4net_Util_SystemInfo_GetTypeFromString.htm" target="">GetTypeFromString Overload</a></div><div class="seeAlsoStyle"><a href="N_log4net_Util.htm" target="">log4net.Util Namespace</a></div></div></div></div></div><div id="OH_footer" class="OH_footer"><p>Apache log4net, Apache and log4net are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.</p><p><a href="http://logging.apache.org/log4net/" target="_blank"><img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /> 
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