How do I instantiate a class given its string name?

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Look at Activator.CreateInstance().

myObject = (MyAbstractClass)Activator.CreateInstance("AssemblyName", "TypeName");

or

var type = Type.GetType("MyFullyQualifiedTypeName");
var myObject = (MyAbstractClass)Activator.CreateInstance(type);

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