title: Extract type at runtime
body: <p>I have a Type name  being passed as an input .
      "MyApp.Modules.Common.contact".</p>
  
  <p>Using <code>Activator.CreateInstance</code> how do I construct this type in the method that I'm using.
  if I do it like this</p>
  
  <pre><code>Type typ = Type.GetType("MyApp.Modules.Common.contact")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the typ is always null. How do I fix this. Please help.</p>