Creates a new instance of a specified COM type.
using System; using System.Reflection; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; [ComVisible(true)] class MyComVisibleType { public MyComVisibleType() { Console.WriteLine("MyComVisibleType instantiated!"); } } [ComVisible(false)] class MyComNonVisibleType { public MyComNonVisibleType() { Console.WriteLine("MyComNonVisibleType instantiated!"); } } class Test { public static void Main() { CreateComInstance("MyComVisibleType"); } static void CreateComInstance(string typeName) { try { AppDomain currentDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain; string assemblyName = currentDomain.FriendlyName; currentDomain.CreateComInstanceFrom(assemblyName, typeName); } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine(e.Message); } } }