>

>dtShopOrder = new ERP().GetShopOrderDetails(txtSerialNum.Text);
>

>
>as opposed to
>
>

>ERP erp = new ERP();
>dtShopOrder = erp.GetShopOrderDetails(txtSerialNum.Text);
>

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>Does one work better than the other? Any reasons to do it one way over the other?
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>Personnally, I find syntax 2 easier to read.

IMHO there is nothing worth to think between the two. Choose the one you like. The latter is more widely used I think.
Cetin