I have a class in a c# dll with the following class
public class RequiredTask : Base.BaseObject
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public RequiredTask()
: base()
{ }
}
Which inherits from this class
public class BaseObject : IBaseObject, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public DateTime? UpdatedOn { get; set; }
public string UpdatedBy
public DateTime? CreatedOn
public string CreatedBy
public BaseObject() { }
}
Then the UI, is a VB.Net Winform, this form is going to be a base form and is generic so it can work with all the types from the c# library, and it has a new button that needs to instanciate the new type of whatever T is and pass it to a form which will be used to edit T.
this is the form code
Public Class Search(Of T As Library.Base.BaseObject)
Private Sub btnNew_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnNew.Click
If MyBase.OpenFormName <> "" Then App.mfrmMDI.OpenForm(MyBase.OpenFormName, DirectCast(Activator.CreateInstance(GetType(T), New Object()), T))
End Sub
End Class
But I get this error Constructor on type 'Library.Production.RequiredTask' not found. when it reaches
DirectCast(Activator.CreateInstance(GetType(T), New Object()), T)