C#

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(
"2013-07-31 09:34:44.74", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ff", false);

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(
"2013-07-31 09:34:44.74", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ff", null);

Richard MacCutchan wrote:

You are testing the value of formatFailed in your try block, but you set it inside the catch block. This is not the way to code a try catch sequence. You should be displaying the failure message in the catch block, and break out of the loop only when the parsing succeeds.

Richard MacCutchan wrote:

You will also have a problem with the first two of your format strings when the month and day are both less than 13.

Mycroft Holmes wrote:

I would address this a different way, assuming each stream is identifiable and is internally consistent, I would register a format for each source.

Assembly assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetAssembly();
classAsType = assembly.GetType(classNameAsString);

susanna.floora wrote:

My question is simple, i'm getting form name in a string...

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Assembly assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetAssembly();
classAsType = assembly.GetType(<big>classNameAsString</big>);

var t = System.Type.GetType("MyClass.FormName");
var form = Activator.CreateInstance(t);

// in Form scope
        private Form2 newForm2 = new Form2();
        private Form2 newForm2a = new Form2();

// in Form Load event
        newForm2.Name = "newForm2";
        newForm2.Show();
        newForm2.Hide();

        newForm2a.Name = "newForm2a";
        newForm2a.Show();
        newForm2a.Hide();

        foreach (Form theCandidateForm in Application.OpenForms)
        {
            if (theCandidateForm.Name == "newForm2")
            {
               // you found a match by Name
               Console.WriteLine("Found match by Name: " + theCandidateForm.Name);
            }

            if( theCandidateForm.GetType() == newForm2.GetType())
            {
                // you found one, of perhaps more than one, instance of 'newForm2
                Console.WriteLine("Found match by Type " + theCandidateForm.Name);
            }
        }