How to load a class from a .cs file

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Is it possible to load a class and create Instance of it from It's .cs file?

I want to open a custom class in a .cs file and create instance of it in my application

thanks

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

in theory yes - it mainly depends on whether you have all dependencies available...

IF so you can use the built-in CSharpCodeProvider to compile the .cs- file to an assembly (can be purely in-memory if need be) and then use Reflection to create an instance/use a class from that assembly...

Since don't provide much detail I would suggest to checkout these links and come back with detail questions if some arrise:

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '11 at 05:52

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You can use Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeProvider and System.CodeDom to execute code at runtime, there is an article about this code project here and here

answered Nov 05 '11 at 05:52

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