I might even take that one step further for thread safety and copy it to a local reference first.

protected virtual void OnSortOrderChanged(SortOrderEventArgs e)
{
SortOrderEventHandler so = this.SortOrderChanged;
if (so != null)
{
// Raise the Event
this.SortOrderChanged(this, e);
}
}

Tim

>Thank You!
>
>>ALWAYS check whether anything is actually wired up to consume the event:

>>   protected virtual void OnSortOrderChanged(SortOrderEventArgs e)
>>    {
>>       if (SortOrderChanged != null)
>>        SortOrderChanged(this, e);
>>    }