Alvin,

You can instantiate it at the beginning of your code when you define it and all other objects on the form, if you want to. Like this:

private MyClass oClass = new MyClass();

or you might choose just to define it there and instantiate it elsewhere, like in the constructor or in the form's Load() event. So, in that case you'd have:

private MyClass oClass;

// then instantiate it later:
this.oClass = new MyClass();

Then, when you need to access it in any other methods, just do it:

this.oClass.SomeMethod();
// or maybe
this.oClass.SomeProperty = "something";

HTH,
~~Bonnie



>Hi,
>
>I have a class that I want to instantiate only once in a method on the form, but I want to be able to access the instance of this class from multiple methods on the form. Is this possible? How?
>
>I hope this is not too vague.
>
>Anyway,
>
>Where could I instantiate the class if I want this type of behaviour?
>
>I am trying to figure out how classes, access modifiers work together. It's funny how reading it makes some sense but trying to code something is not so easy.
>
>Help if you can,
>
>Thanks,
>
>Alvin