>>>>Thanks again.
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>>>
>>>Make it static then
>>>

>>>static private string xxx = "yyyy";
>>>

>>
>>Thanks, that seems to compile. BTW, I don't understand a problem with VS 2005 SP1. It says build succeeded and then shows 100+ errors which are not really errors. Somehow it often can not resolve references properly and even often shows keywords highlighted as errors.
>
>
>If you want to make it readonly
>
>Readonly fields can be initialized (1) in the declaration and (2) in the constructor
>A readonly field can be considered as a runtime constant
>
>

>static class ClassName
>{
>     static readonly string xxx = "yyy";
>     static readonly string zzz = AnotherClass.Method();
>
>
>}
>

I got very interesting and strange problem which I'm not sure is related to my change or not. I haven't tested this app today before.