Check if types are castable / subclasses

Question

I have they type of two members as strings - and not as a Type instance. How can I check if the two types are castable? Let\'s say string one is \"System.Windows.Forms.Label

Answer 1

If you can convert these strings to Type objects then your best bet is Type.IsAssignableFrom.

Beware though, this only tells you if two Type instances are compatible at a CLR level. This will not take into account such things as user defined conversions or other C# semantics.