Kevin,

>What's the difference between:
>
>

>  public readonly string MyString;
>

>
>and
>
>

>  public string MyString
>  {
>    get
>    {
>      return foreMyStringName;
>    }
>  }
>

In this case the property is read only. It is a better habit if you need the value to be public to use properties because you have control over the access. Additionally you can do some processing or retrieve a value from another object the containing class has access to.
Tim