>Hi,
>
>I'm drawing a blank on how to do this. I am passing a parameter into a method and wish to trim any blanks from the parameter.
>
>This is my code:
>
>

        private void SetClientTypeDisplay(string clientType)
>        {
>            if (clientType.Trim() == "Company")
>            {
>                this.pnlCompany.Visible = true;

>
>But I get a runtime error: "Object reference not set to an object instance."
>
>What's the correct syntax to do this?

It just sounds like clientType may be null in some cases. Maybe just change the code to something like this:

if (clientType != null && clientType.Trim() == "Company")

>