>Mabe you could rethink the class hierarchy. If the base class expects specific properties child classes then abstract methods/properties would be the way to go. Failing that, as Paul suggested, implementing interfaces is the next best option....
>

Ideally, I wouldn't be trying to touch properties that are created down the chain in the heirarchy, but I am adding functionality and trying to avoid changing the base class as it is part of the framework. Unless I can get what I need added to the framework, it is open to being broke with the next release. With the ideas I have been given, I will find a way even if not as elegant as I would like.
Thanks for the help
Tim


>>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;
>>>>     }
>>>>}
>>>>