(Windows only; GUI
for .NET only)
Gets a System.Type instance for a .NET class
using a fully-qualified class name. Use this method when you must
get the run-time type of an object for which you have no instance
and cannot instantiate an instance.
If the type cannot be
found, this method returns the Unknown value (?) and optionally
throws a .NET Exception.
Return type: System.Type class
(from the .NET Framework)
Access: PUBLIC STATIC
Applies
to:
Progress.Util.TypeHelper class
Syntax
TypeHelper:GetType ( INPUT class-name AS CHARACTER
[ , INPUT throw-on-error AS LOGICAL ] )
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class-name
- A CHARACTER express that specifies the fully-qualified name
of a class.
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throw-on-error
- A LOGICAL expression indicating whether to throw an exception
if the type cannot be found. If TRUE, the AVM throws an exception.
If FALSE, the AVM will not throw an exception.
The following example gets a System.Type instance for
the System.Windows.Forms.Button class:
USING System.Windows.Forms.* FROM ASSEMBLY.
USING Progress.Util.* FROM ASSEMBLY.
DEFINE VARIABLE btnType AS System.Type NO-UNDO.
btnType = TypeHelper:GetType( "System.Windows.Forms.Button" ).
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