Neil,

>The compiler does not like my call to GetDbcNameFromConnectString(). The reported error is:
>static member "mmAppBase.DatabaseMgr.GetDbcNameFromConnectString(ConnStr);"
>cannot be referenced with an instance reference; qualify it with a type name instead

As Paul pointed out you were trying to call a static method on an instance of the class. Static methods belong to the class, not to an instance of the class, so you must reference the class itself to call the method.

Regards,