Reflection and name().

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tonyg

How can you use the type name returned from ttypeid name() method to cast an object back to it's original type?

SuperStrict
Type ttest
   Field x:Int
End Type

Local test1:ttest=New ttest
test1.x=5
Local test2:Object=Object(test1)


Local id:TTypeId=TTypeId.ForObject(test2)
Local typename:String=id.name()
Print typename
'Print typename(test2).x

Obviously this is much simplified but I have my original type name in a string variable called 'typename'.
Unfortunately, I can't use that to cast my original object. If you uncomment the print statement you get message
'Expression of string cannot be invoked'
Am I missing something?