>>>>>>I defined an enum in my App class:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

>>>>>>public enum Panels
>>>>>>{
>>>>>>    Login,
>>>>>>    Welcome,
>>>>>>    ProjectInfo,
>>>>>>    Query
>>>>>>}
>>>>>>

>>>>>>
>>>>>>Then, in the base panel class I have:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

>>>>>>private csCOSApp.Panels _PanelType;
>>>>>>public csCOSApp.Panels PanelType
>>>>>>{
>>>>>>    get { return _PanelType; }
>>>>>>    set { _PanelType = value; }
>>>>>>}
>>>>>>

>>>>>>
>>>>>>I get
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

>>>>>>Inconsistent accessibility: property type '...csCOSApp.Panels' is less accessible than property '....pnlBase.PanelType'
>>>>>>

>>>>>>
>>>>>>Why is this? Why can't I do this?
>>>>>
>>>>>Because your csCOSApp class is not public ?
>>>>
>>>>I gotta quit drinking while I'm coding!!!
>>>>
>>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>:-}
>>>Actually there's probably no benefit in nesting the enum in this case? As a rule of thumb if the type needs to be directly accessed from outside the nesting class it probably shouldn't be there.....
>>
>>I put it there because I need to access it througout the app. I'm open to a better degisn tho...
>
>If your csCOSApp class is accessible throughout the app then why not put the enum in the same assembly but not nested:

>public class csCosApp
>{
>}
>public enum Panels
>{
>}

Or, my preference, put types that need to be globally available in a separate assembly altogether. Makes it much easier to
avoid the potential problem of assemblies needing to reference each other....

Good idea.