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Create editor window with ScriptableObject.CreateInstance
I'm positing this as an answer, not a question, because I couldn't find the answer anywhere else.
Problem: If you have a custom editor window (class extends EditorWindow) and try to invoke it like this:
var window : MyCustomWindow = new MyCustomWindow();
You'll get the following warning upon invocation:
MyCustomWindow must be instantiated using the ScriptableObject.CreateInstance method instead of new MyCustomWindow.
However, there is no documentation to appropriately instruct how to do this. My first attempt was this:
var window : MyCustomWindow = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance("MyCustomWindow");
Which produces the error:
Instance of MyCustomWindow couldn't be created because there is no script with that name.
SOLUTION:
var window : MyCustomWindow = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance(typeof(MyCustomWindow));
Hopefully this saves someone else a little time.
$$anonymous$$yCustomWindow window = ($$anonymous$$yCustomWindow )ScriptableObject.CreateInstance(typeof($$anonymous$$yCustomWindow ));
10 Years old answer but still works Thanks.
Here is a solution that works for dynamically creating the object given a string. This is for C#.
MyBase v_new_instance = null;
Type v_type = Type.GetType(v_class_name);
if (null != v_type) {
v_new_instance = (MyBase)CreateInstance(v_type);
}
Yes, well, what if all I have is a string containing the type? I need to dynamically create an object based on a string selected from a list of script names read from a directory. This means I can't statically specify the type as shown in this solution. I need to be able to call CreateInstance with a string - from C#.
now this is the way
GUISkin a = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance();
