Might it not just need to be scoped public? Isn't it protected by default?

HTH,
Chad

>Try making it a property (with get/set), then it might work (I haven't tried it though).
>
>~~Bonnie
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>>Hello All, is it possible to bind a textbox's "Text" property to a field of a static class ? ( I hope I worded that correctly ? ) this is what I've tried but it fails at runtime with the error: "cannot create a child list...", any help much appreciated
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>>e.g.
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>>class myclass
>>{
>>    static string mystring = "Pete";
>>}
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>>// Then from a form somewhere
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>>this.txtMytextbox.DataBindings.Add("Text",myclass,"mystring");
>>