Thanks Viv,

I have several properties I added and was hoping for something a bit more steamlined but this may be as good as it gets unless I architect something more elegant.
Thanks
Tim

>Hi,
>Reflection? Given that it's a property:

public void MyMethod()
>     {
>         PropertyInfo pi = this.GetType().GetProperty("EnableSomething");
>         bool b = (bool)  pi.GetValue(this, null);
>     }

(with a sprinkling of checking for nulls, etc :-}
>
>>If I have a base class, and App level class, and several inherited classes but have added a property in the App Level classe, how can I get to it from the base? I have a reference to the class in the base
>>
>>

>>
>>public class MyBase()
>>{
>>     
>>     public method MyMethod()
>>     {
>>          // I  want to access the EnableSomething property of the specific class here
>>          // There is a reference to the class in a property
>>          this.RunningClass.  // property not available.  How to get it?
>>     }
>>}
>>
>>public class MyAppLevelBase() : MyBase
>>{
>>     //Property added here
>>     public bool EnableSomething
>>     {
>>          get {return this._enableSomething; }
>>          set {this._enableSomething = value; }
>>     }
>>}
>>
>>// bunch of classes like this one
>>public class MyClass1() : MyAppLevelBase
>>{
>>    public MyClass1()
>>    {
>>        this.EnableSomething = true;
>>     }
>>}
>>