When you create a new mm windows application a factory.cs is created which is a subclass of mmFactoryDesktop.

In the MM.net Developers Guide it says the following:
The Factory is the only object to be automatically created when the application object is first instantiated.

The Factory is created in a method called CreateFactory which is called from ApplicationInit() within mmAppBase. Of course the mmAppDesktop overrides the CreateFactory Method and would create a mmFactoryDesktop however in our application object app.cs it is overriden to create a Factory() object.

If in the Load method of the main form I attempt to reference an object within the app.cs which uses the factory, the factory doesn't seem to exist yet.

In my MainForm_Load method

CPVSettings settings = AppDesktop.AppSettings;
GpsBase gps = AppDesktop.Gps;
if (settings.EnableGps)
{
     gps.Port = settings.GpsPort;
     gps.BaudRate = settings.GpsBaudRate;
     gps.Initialize(settings.gpsAutoConnect, settings.GpsDelayStart, settings.GpsDelaySeconds);
}

The second line fails. It references a static property in the app.cs (AppDesktop)which uses lazy instantiation and calls the factory like this.

public static GpsBase Gps
{
     get
     {
	if (gps == null)
	{
	     gps = factory.CreateGps();
	}
	return gps;
     }
}
private static GpsBase gps;

The AppDesktop includes this reference to the factory

static Factory factory = (Factory)mmAppBase.Factory;

As soon as we hit the factory.CreatGps() I get "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"
It is referring to the factory object.
If the AppDesktop essentially creates the factory on instantiation, why don't I have a reference to it?
Thanks for any help understanding this.
Tim