Creating a COM object in .Net based on its ProgID

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Creating a COM object in .Net based on its ProgID

 

 

/// <summary>
/// Creates a COM object given it's ProgID.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sProgID">The ProgID to create</param>
/// <returns>The newly created object, or null on failure.</returns>
public static object COMCreateObject (string sProgID)
{
	// We get the type using just the ProgID
	Type oType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID (sProgID);

	if (oType != null)
	{					
		return Activator.CreateInstance(oType);
	}
			

	return null;

}