Reflecting a type and casting causes error

[Ryan]

Hi all,

The following code is meant to be used to load a class from an assembly
and return a property from it. The class being loaded will always
inherit from the base class of MyLicenceBase. However, I just cannot
get past the CType below when trying to convert the loaded class to the
proper base type. Is it possible to do this? I am doing this cast
elsewhere in my code (but not using reflection) so I can't see why it
won't work here. I'd rather not do an invoke using strings to define
the parameters etc.

Any help appreciated very much...

Function CheckClass(ByVa l AssemblyPath As String, ByVal
AssemblyType As String) As String
Dim AssemblyToLoad As Assembly
Dim BaseObject As Licencing.MyLic enceBase
Dim TempObject As Object

AssemblyToLoad = Assembly.LoadFr om(AssemblyPath )

' The following should fire the default constructor for the
class.
TempObject = AssemblyToLoad. CreateInstance( AssemblyType)

' The class we instantiated inherits from a base type, cast
to that so we can programmaticall y access properties.
' The following line generates an InvalidCastExce ption!
BaseObject = CType(TempObjec t, Licencing.MyLic enceBase)

' Return a test property from the class.
Return BaseObject.Titl e

End Function

Thanks

Ryan