http://msmvps.com/blogs/deborahk/archive/2009/07/03/reflection-displaying-a-form-by-name.aspxThere may be situations when you want to display a form by its form name. For example, say that you retain your menu options in a database so they can be customized. You want to associated a menu option with the display of a particular form. So you storeenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://msmvps.com/blogs/deborahk/archive/2009/07/03/reflection-displaying-a-form-by-name.aspx#1744408Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:12:36 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1744408re: Reflection: Displaying a Form By Name<p>This works great as long as you are calling a form that resides inside the assembly. &nbsp;I need to be able to display a form that resides in another assembly. &nbsp;I have tried many samples on the internet and find that they do not work and either give me a null reference exception as soon as I try frm.Show or when I try to invoke the Show method as (obj.GetMethod(&quot;Show&quot;).Invoke(inst, Nothing)) it gives an ambiguous name exception. &nbsp;How can I perform this?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1744408" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/deborahk/archive/2009/07/03/reflection-displaying-a-form-by-name.aspx#1726326Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:35:10 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1726326Jim Kahl<p>This works great as long as you are calling a form that resides inside the assembly. &nbsp;I need to be able to display a form that resides in another assembly. &nbsp;I have tried many samples on the internet and find that they do not work and either give me a null reference exception as soon as I try frm.Show or when I try to invoke the Show method as (obj.GetMethod(&quot;Show&quot;).Invoke(inst, Nothing)) it gives an ambiguous name exception. &nbsp;How can I perform this?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1726326" width="1" height="1">