>Why not just create a static class?

Short answer: it depends on what purpose the class serves.

In Tim's case, his class needs to be an instance rather than static, because his instance fires events, etc. That wouldn't work with a static class.

But, as Tim also says, the Singleton pattern seems to be overused. <g> So, did you have some particular use in mind or is this just a generic question?

~~Bonnie