AQ's workaround for a deployed application (always my situation) is to add the .lvclass files to specific paths inside the built EXE, then provide a path to the class file using the Application Path primitive and a relative path inside the EXE. It doesn't actually pull an instance of the object from the application's memory space using the qualified name, but it's a workable approach since the EXE path can be obtained using a prim.
To specify the location of the .lvclass file inside the EXE, add it to the "Always Included" list in the build spec, then create a "Destination" for it with the full path. For XYZ.lvclass, an example Destination Path would be C:\build\MyApp.exe\XYZ\. When you want to load an object of XYZ at run time, you provide the path C:\build\MyApp.exe\XYZ\XYZ.lvclass
AQ told me that all the classes to be loaded need to be either inside the EXE or outside it; they can't be mixed. I didn't test that assertion b/c all my classes will be shipped in the built EXE.