vb.net class constructor question

[TwoToTango]

Anybody know a way to instantiate a
class in vb.net given the class name as
a string?

For example:

objectIWant = "FoobarClass"
Dim fb as New magicGoesHere(objectIWant)

I've been scratching through MSDN all morning
without turning up anything.

Thanks in advance.

[twister002]

You want to create an object factory, then you can get back objects specified as an argument.

http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/PatternAbstract.aspx

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